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A Search for Distant Solar System Bodies in the Region of Sedna
Megan E. Schwamb, Michael E. Brown, David L. Rabinowitz
We present the results of a wide-field survey for distant Sedna-like bodies in the outer solar system using the 1.2-m Samuel Oschin Telescope at Palomar Observatory. We searched ~1…
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…
Discovery of a planetary-sized object in the scattered Kuiper belt
M. E. Brown, C. A. Trujillo, D. L. Rabinowitz
We present the discovery and initial physical and dynamical characterization of the object 2003 UB313. The object is sufficiently bright that for all reasonable values of the albed…
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…