Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of the Bright Kuiper Belt Object 2000 EB173

Creators: Brown, Michael E.; Blake, Geoffrey A.; Kessler, Jacqueline E.

Abstract

We have obtained a near-infrared spectrum of the bright Kuiper Belt object 2000 EB173; the spectrum appears featureless. The spectrum has a sufficient signal-to-noise ratio to rule out the 1.5 and 2.0 μm absorption from water ice even at the low level seen in the Centaur Chariklo. In addition, we can rule out a 2.3 μm absorption at the level seen in the Centaur Pholus.

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© 2000 American Astronomical Society. Received 2000 July 13; accepted 2000 August 23; published 2000 October 26. Data presented herein were obtained at the W. M. Keck Observatory, which is operated as a scientific partnership among the California Institute of Technology, the University of California, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. The observatory was made possible by the generous financial support of the W. M. Keck Foundation.

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