Open AccessObservations of the Centaur 1999 UG5: Evidence of a Unique Outer Solar System Surface
Author(s) -
J. M. Bauer,
K. J. Meech,
Y. R. Fernández,
T. L. Farnham,
T. L. Roush
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
publications of the astronomical society of the pacific
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.294
H-Index - 172
eISSN - 1538-3873
pISSN - 0004-6280
DOI - 10.1086/344586
Subject(s) - centaur , photometry (optics) , physics , uranus , solar system , astrophysics , astronomy , brightness , light curve , asteroid , spectral line , rotation period , wavelength , optics , stars , planet
The outer solar system body 1999 UG5 is a Centaur of medium brightness and slightly redder color when compared to other Centaurs. Similar to at least \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{bm} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{pifont} \usepackage{stmaryrd} \usepackage{textcomp} \usepackage{portland,xspace} \usepackage{amsmath,amsxtra} \usepackage[OT2,OT1]{fontenc} \newcommand\cyr{ \renewcommand\rmdefault{wncyr} \renewcommand\sfdefault{wncyss} \renewcommand\encodingdefault{OT2} \normalfont \selectfont} \DeclareTextFontCommand{\textcyr}{\cyr} \pagestyle{empty} \DeclareMathSizes{10}{9}{7}{6} \begin{document} \landscape $\frac{1}{5}$ \end{document} of the known Centaurs, it is a Saturn‐crosser with a mean orbital distance between Saturn and Uranus. We present optical photometry data and near‐IR spectra obtained during 2000 September, November, and December. We find a rotation period of \documentclass{aastex} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{am...
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