Near-Infrared Rotational Variability in Comet-Asteroid Transition Object 944 Hidalgo
Dynamical arguments indicate that 944 Hidalgo is most likely an extinct or dormant comet. Hidalgo's Tisserand invariant (T = 2.07) suggests strongly that this object came either from the Kuiper belt or the Oort cloud (e.g., Weissman et al. 2002). We obtained low-resolution near-infrared spectra in the 0.8-2.4 micron region on UT Oct 22, 23, Nov 19
Campins, Humberto et al.
Fecha de publicación:
9
2006