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20062008
most citedDetection of methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar

82 citations · 296 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

astro-ph200839 cited

Discovery of lake-effect clouds on Titan

M. E. Brown, E. L. Schaller, H. G. Roe +5

Images from instruments on Cassini as well as from telescopes on the ground reveal the presence of sporadic small-scale cloud activity in the cold late-winter north polar of Saturn…

astro-ph200859 cited

Detection of Additional Members of the 2003 EL61 Family via Infrared Spectroscopy

E. L. Schaller, M. E. Brown

We have acquired near-infrared spectra of Kuiper belt objects 2003 UZ117, 2005 CB79 and 2004 SB60 with NIRC on the Keck I Telescope. These objects are dynamically close to the core…

astro-ph200782 cited

Detection of methane on Kuiper Belt Object (50000) Quaoar

E. L. Schaller, M. E. Brown

The near-infrared spectrum of (50000) Quaoar obtained at the Keck Observatory shows distinct absorption features of crystalline water ice, solid methane and ethane, and possibly ot…

astro-ph200654 cited

Direct measurement of the size of 2003 UB313 from the Hubble Space Telescope

M. E. Brown, E. L. Schaller, H. G. Roe +2

We have used the Hubble Space Telescope to directly measure the angular size of the large Kuiper belt object 2003 UB313. By carefully calibrating the point spread function of a nea…

astro-ph200662 cited

Water Ice on the Satellite of Kuiper Belt Object 2003 EL61

K. M Barkume, M. E. Brown, E. L. Schaller

We have obtained a near infrared spectrum of the brightest satellite of the large Kuiper Belt Object, 2003 EL61. The spectrum has absorption features at 1.5 and 2.0 microns, indica…

astro-ph2006

The Surface of 2003EL61 in the Near Infrared

C. A. Trujillo, M. E. Brown, K. M. Barkume +2

We report the detection of crystalline water ice on the surface of 2003 EL61. Reflectance spectra were collected from Gemini North telescope from 1.0 to 2.4 micron wavelength range…