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Planetesimals To Brown Dwarfs: What is a Planet?
Gibor Basri, Michael E. Brown
The past 15 years have brought about a revolution in our understanding of our Solar System and other planetary systems. During this time, discoveries include the first Kuiper Belt…
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…
Near Infrared Surface Properties of the Two Intrinsically Brightest Minor Planets (90377) Sedna and (90482) Orcus
Chadwick A. Trujillo, Michael E. Brown, David L. Rabinowitz +1
We present low resolution K band spectra taken at the Gemini 8 meter telescope of (90377) Sedna and (90482) Orcus (provisional designations 2003 VB12 and 2004 DW, respectively), cu…
Discovery of a candidate inner Oort cloud planetoid
Michael E. Brown, Chadwick Trujillo, David Rabinowitz
We report the discovery of the minor planet 2003 VB12 (popularly named Sedna), the most distant object ever seen in the solar system. Pre-discovery images from 2001, 2002, and 2003…
The Size Distribution of Trans-Neptunian Bodies
G. M. Bernstein, D. E. Trilling, R. L. Allen +3
[Condensed] We search 0.02 deg^2 for trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with m<=29.2 (diameter ~15 km) using the ACS on HST. Three new objects are discovered, roughly 25 times fewer th…
Photometric Variability at the L/T Dwarf Boundary
Melissa L. Enoch, Michael E. Brown, Adam J. Burgasser
We have monitored the photometric variability of nine field L and T brown dwarfs for 10 nights during the course of one month with the Palomar 60 inch Telescope Near-Infrared Camer…