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Chiron stellar occultation candidates: 1993-1996A photographic search was conducted for stars that may be occulted by the unusual solar system object (2060) Chiron during the period from fall 1993 through summer 1996. 44 candidates were identified to a limiting V magnitude of 16, and for which the minimum appulse separation with Chiron is predicted to be less than 2.5 arcsec. The successful observation of a stellar occultation by Chiron would give a direct measure of its diameter (currently estimated to be between 60 and 300 km), and would help considerably in constraining Chiron's surface properties and volatile makeup. If at the time of the occultation, Chiron exhibits a significant coma, there is also the potential for measuring the optical-depth profile of the dust in its inner coma.
Document ID
19950032497
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Bus, S. J.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA United States)
Wasserman, L. H.
(Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ United States)
Elliot, J. L.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Technology, Cambridge, MA United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: The Astronomical Journal
Volume: 107
Issue: 5
ISSN: 0004-6256
Subject Category
Astronomy
Accession Number
95A64096
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1494
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1912
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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