J/A+A/389/641  Colors of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System (Hainaut+, 2002)
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Colors of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System. A statistical analysis
      Hainaut O.R., Delsanti A.C.
     <Astron. Astrophys. 389, 641 (2002)>
     =2002A&A...389..641H
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ADC_Keywords: Minor planets ; Solar system ; Photometry, UBVRI ;
              Photometry, infrared
Keywords: comets: general - Kuiper Belt - solar system: general -
          methods: statistical

Abstract:
    We present a compilation of all available colors for 104 Minor Bodies
    in the Outer Solar System (MBOSSes); for each object, the original
    references are listed. The measurements were combined in a way that
    does not introduce rotational color artifacts. We then derive the
    slope, or reddening gradient, of the low resolution reflectance
    spectra obtained from the broad-band color for each object. A set of
    color-color diagrams, histograms and cumulative probability functions
    are presented as a reference for further studies, and are discussed.

File Summary:

       FileName      Lrecl  Records   Explanations

ReadMe            80        .   This file
table1.dat       123      105   Average magnitudes and colors


See also:
   http://www.sc.eso.org/~ohainaut/MBOSS : MBOSS Magnitude and Colors


Byte-by-byte Description of file:  table1.dat

   Bytes Format Units     Label     Explanations

   1- 10  A10   ---       Object    Object designation (Chi2060 for 2060 Chiron)
  12- 15  A4    ---       Class     Class of the body (1)
  18- 19  I2    ---       NEpoch    Number of epochs
  21- 26  F6.3  mag       M11       ?  Absolute R magnitude
  28- 32  F5.3  mag       e_M11     ? rms uncertainty on M11
  34- 39  F6.3  10+5m-1   Grt       ? Spectral gradient S (in %/100nm)
  41- 45  F5.3  10+5m-1   e_Grt     ? rms uncertainty on Grt
  48- 52  F5.3  mag       B-V       ? B-V colour index
  54- 58  F5.3  mag       e_B-V     ? rms uncertainty on B-V
  61- 65  F5.3  mag       V-R       ? V-R colour index
  67- 71  F5.3  mag       e_V-R     ? rms uncertainty on V-R
  74- 78  F5.3  mag       R-I       ? R-I colour index
  80- 84  F5.3  mag       e_R-I     ? rms uncertainty on R-I
  87- 91  F5.3  mag       I-J       ? I-J colour index
  93- 97  F5.3  mag       e_I-J     ? rms uncertainty on I-J
  99-104  F6.3  mag       J-H       ? J-H colour index
 106-110  F5.3  mag       e_J-H     ? rms uncertainty on J-H
 112-117  F6.3  mag       H-K       ? H-K colour index
 119-123  F5.3  mag       e_H-K     ? rms uncertainty on H-K

Note (1): Class:
     QB1: Cubewano
    Plut: Plutino
    Cent: Centaur
     SPC: Short Period Comet
     LPC: Long Period Comet


History:
    Copied at http://www.sc.eso.org/~ohainaut/MBOSS/
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(End)                                        Patricia Bauer [CDS]    27-Jun-2002