Composition of KBO (50000) Quaoar*

Autor: Dalle Ore, C. Morea, Barucci, M. A., Emery, J. P., Cruikshank, D. P., Dalle Ore, L. V., Merlin, F., Alvarez-Candal, A., de Bergh, C., Trilling, D. E., Perna, D., Fornasier, S., Mastrapa, R. M. E., Dotto, E., Dalle Ore, C. Morea, Barucci, M. A., Emery, J. P., Cruikshank, D. P., Dalle Ore, L. V., Merlin, F., Alvarez-Candal, A., de Bergh, C., Trilling, D. E., Perna, D., Fornasier, S., Mastrapa, R. M. E., Dotto, E.
Zdroj: Astronomy and Astrophysics; July 2009, Vol. 501 Issue: 1 p349-357, 9p
Abstrakt: Aims. The objective of this work is to investigate the physical properties of objects beyond Neptune – the new frontiers of the Solar System – and in particular to study the surface composition of (50 000) Quaoar, a classical Transneptunian (or Kuiper Belt) object. Because of its distance from the Sun, Quaoar is expected to have preserved, to a degree, its original composition. Our goals are to determine to what degree this is true and to shed light on the chemical evolution of this icy body.
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