Surface properties of extreme TNOs based on Herschel/PACS measurements: the case of Sedna and 2010 EK139

A. Pál,Cs. Kiss,Th. G. Müller,E. Vilenius,Miriam Rengel,M. Mommert,P. Santos Sanz,E. Lellouch,J. A. Stansberry

Surface properties of extreme TNOs based on Herschel/PACS measurements: the case of Sedna and 2010 EK139

2012

A. Pál
Cs. Kiss
Th. G. Müller
E. Vilenius
Miriam Rengel
M. Mommert
P. Santos Sanz
E. Lellouch
J. A. Stansberry

Using Herschel/PACS measurements, our findings for Sedna and 2010 EK139 agree with the suspected correlation between diameter and albedo for detached objects. However, this relation is due to completely different physical and surface processes.

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Albedo
Astrophysics
Astronomy
Physics

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