Discovery of the Bright Trans-Neptunian Object 2000 EB[TINF]173[/TINF] | Zendy

Ignacio Ferrín | Zendy; D. Rabinowitz | Zendy; Bradley E. Schaefer | Zendy; J. Snyder | Zendy; N. Ellman | Zendy; B. Vicente | Zendy; A. W. Rengstorf | Zendy; D. L. DePoy | Zendy; Samir Salim | Zendy; P. Andrews | Zendy; C. D. Bailyn | Zendy; C. Baltay | Zendy; César Briceño | Zendy; P. Coppi | Zendy; M. Deng | Zendy; W. Emmet | Zendy; A. Oemler | Zendy; C. N. Sabbey | Zendy; Jihye Shin | Zendy; S. Sofia | Zendy; W. van Altena | Zendy; A. K. Vivas | Zendy; C. Abad | Zendy; Á. Bongiovanni | Zendy; Gustavo Bruzual | Zendy; F. Della Prugna | Zendy; David Herrera | Zendy; G. Magris | Zendy; J. Mateu | Zendy; R. Pacheco | Zendy; G. Sánchez | Zendy; Gu. Sánchez | Zendy; H. Schenner | Zendy; J. Stock | Zendy; K. Vieira | Zendy; F.J. Fuenmayor | Zendy; Jesús Hernández | Zendy; O. Naranjo | Zendy; P. Rosenzweig | Zendy; C. Secco | Zendy; Gianfranco Spavieri | Zendy; M. Gebhard | Zendy; K. Honeycutt | Zendy; S. Mufson | Zendy; J. Musser | Zendy; S. H. Pravdo | Zendy; E. F. Helin | Zendy; K. Lawrence | Zendy

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Discovery of the Bright Trans-Neptunian Object 2000 EB[TINF]173[/TINF]

Author(s) -

Ignacio Ferrín,

D. Rabinowitz,

Bradley E. Schaefer,

J. Snyder,

N. Ellman,

B. Vicente,

A. W. Rengstorf,

D. L. DePoy,

Samir Salim,

P. Andrews,

C. D. Bailyn,

C. Baltay,

César Briceño,

P. Coppi,

M. Deng,

W. Emmet,

A. Oemler,

C. N. Sabbey,

Jihye Shin,

S. Sofia,

W. van Altena,

A. K. Vivas,

C. Abad,

Á. Bongiovanni,

Gustavo Bruzual,

F. Della Prugna,

David Herrera,

G. Magris,

J. Mateu,

R. Pacheco,

G. Sánchez,

Gu. Sánchez,

H. Schenner,

J. Stock,

K. Vieira,

F.J. Fuenmayor,

Jesús Hernández,

O. Naranjo,

P. Rosenzweig,

C. Secco,

Gianfranco Spavieri,

M. Gebhard,

K. Honeycutt,

S. Mufson,

J. Musser,

S. H. Pravdo,

E. F. Helin,

K. Lawrence

Publication year - 2001

Publication title -

the astrophysical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.376

H-Index - 489

eISSN - 1538-4357

pISSN - 0004-637X

DOI - 10.1086/319109

Subject(s) - trans neptunian object , observatory , physics , sky , astrophysics , quasar , large synoptic survey telescope , astronomy , photometry (optics) , magnitude (astronomy) , telescope , solar system , galaxy , stars

We describe the discovery circumstances and photometric properties of 2000EB173, now one of the brightest trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) with oppositionmagnitude m_R=18.9 and also one of the largest Plutinos, found with thedrift-scanning camera of the QUEST Collaboration, attached to the 1-m Schmidttelescope of the National Observatory of Venezuela. We measure B-V = 0.99 +/-0.14 and V-R = 0.57 +/- 0.05, a red color observed for many fainter TNOs. Atour magnitude limit m_R = 20.1 +/- 0.20, our single detection reveals a skydensity of 0.015 (+0.034, -0.012) TNOs per deg^2 (the error bars are 68%confidence limits), consistent with fainter surveys showing a cumulative numberproportional to 10^0.5m_R. Assuming an inclination distribution of TNOs withFWHM exceeding 30 deg, it is likely that one hundred to several hundred objectsbrighter than m_R=20.1 remain to be discovered

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