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Icy Dwarf Planets: Colored Popsicles in the Outer Solar System

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 October 2016

Noemi Pinilla-Alonso
Noemi Pinilla-Alonso*
Affiliation:
Florida Space Institute: 12354 Research Parkway, partnership 1 Building, Suite 214 Orlando, 32826-0650 email: npinilla@ucf.edu Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Tennessee. 306 EPS Building, 1412 Circle Dr Knoxville TN 37996-1410
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Abstract

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We update the list of candidates to be considered by the IAU as dwarf planets using the criterium suggested by Tancredi & Favre (2008). We add here the information collected in the last 10 years (mostly the sizes and albedos by the herschel hey program TNOs Are Cool). We compare the physical characteristics of these candidates with the physical characteristics of the rest of the TNOs. Our goal is to study if there are common physical properties among the candidates that enable the identification of a dwarf planet.

Keywords

solar system: generalicy bodiesKuiper Belt
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Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 11 , General Assembly A29A: Astronomy in Focus , August 2015 , pp. 241 - 246
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2016 

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