SIZE ESTIMATE OF ASTEROID 2060-CHIRON FROM 250-GHZ MEASUREMENTS

Authors
ALTENHOFF WJ STUMPFF P
Citation
Wj. Altenhoff et P. Stumpff, SIZE ESTIMATE OF ASTEROID 2060-CHIRON FROM 250-GHZ MEASUREMENTS, Astronomy and astrophysics, 293(1), 1995, pp. 41-42
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Astronomy & Astrophysics
Journal title
Astronomy and astrophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00046361
Volume
293
Issue
1
Year of publication
1995
Pages
41 - 42
Database
ISI
SICI code
0004-6361(1995)293:1<41:SEOA2F>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
We have applied the method of radio photometric size determination to Chiron. The deduced radius is 84+/-10 km, about half of the published upper limits. This leads to an increase of the optical albedo to about 0.13, possibly indicative of a surface partially covered by ice.