Reported Kuiper Belt Object Lightcurves

last updated May 24, 2002

 Kuiper Belt Object Lightcurves

                                                  Sing.  Double
         Name               Class   H      Amp.   Per.   Per.     Reference
                                    (mag)  (mag)  (hrs)  (hrs)    
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1993SC    (15789) .........   R     6.9    <0.1    --     --      RT,D 
                  .........   R     6.9     0.5    7.7            W    
1994TB    (15820) .........   R     7.1    <0.1    --     --      S,SJ 
                  .........   R     7.1     0.3    3.0            RT   
                  .........   R     7.1     0.3    3.5            RT   
1994VK8   (19255) .........   C     7.0     0.45   3.9-5.2 -      RT,CB 
1995SM55  (24835) .........   C     4.8    <0.15   --     --      S,SJ 
1995QY9   (32929) .........   R     7.5     0.60   7.3            S,RT 
1996GQ21  (26181) .........   S     5.2    <0.10   --     --      SJ 
1996TL66  (15874) .........   S     5.4    <0.06   --     --      RT,LJ 
1996TO66  (19308) .........   C     4.5     0.25   7.9            H,SJ,S,Se 
1996TP66  (15875) .........   R     6.8    <0.12   --     --      RT,CB 
1996TQ66  .................   R     7.0    <0.22   --     --      RT  
1996TS66  .................   C     6.4    <0.16   --     --      RT  
1997CS29  .................   C     5.2    <0.08   --     --      SJ,RT 
1998BU48  (33128) .........   S     7.2     0.68   4.9    9.8     SJ 
                  .........                        6.3    12.6    SJ 
1998HK151 .................   R     7.6    <0.15   --     --      SJ 
1998SM165 (26308) .........   C     5.8     0.45   7.1            R,SJ,S 
1998VG44  (33340) .........   R     6.5    <0.10   --     --      SJ 
1998WH24  (19521) Chaos ...   C     4.9    <0.10   --     --      SJ 
1998XY95  .................   S     6.2    <0.25   --     --      CB2 
1999DE9   (26375) .........   S     4.7    <0.10   >12?   --      SJ 
1999KR16  .................   C     5.8     0.18   5.929  11.858  SJ 
          .................                        5.840  11.680  SJ 
2000EB173 (38628) .........   R     4.7    <0.06   --     --      SJ 
2000GN171 .................   R     5.8     0.61   --     8.329   SJ 
2000WR106 (20000) Varuna ..   C     3.7     0.42   --     6.34    JS,F 
2001CZ31  .................   C     5.5    <0.20   ?      ?       SJ 
2001FZ173 .................   S     6.2    <0.06   --     --      SJ 
2001KX76  (28978) Ixion ...   R     3.2    <0.15   --     --      SJ,S,O 

Observations in this purple color are either very noisy or only short term and thus are not reliable. 

Name        - Object provisional designation, object number, and object name.
Class       - C=Classical, R=Resonant, S=Scattered.
H           - The absolute magnitude of the object.
Amp         - The peak to peak amplitude of the object.
Single Per. - The single peaked period of the object.
Double Per. - The double peaked period of the object.
Reference   - References for lightcurve observations.

CB  = Collander-Brown et al. 1999, MNRAS, 308, 588
CB2 = Collander-Brown et al. 2001, MNRAS, 325, 972
D   = Davies et al. 1997, Icarus, 125, 61
F   = Farnham 2001, IAUC 7583
H   = Hainaut et al. 2000, AA, 356, 1076
JS  = Jewitt and Sheppard 2002, AJ, 123, 2110
LJ  = Luu and Jewitt 1998, AJ, 494, L117
O   = Ortiz et al. 2001, BAAS, 33, 1047
R   = Romanishin et al. 2001
RT  = Romanishin and Tegler 1999
S   = Sheppard 2003, in preparation
Se  = Sekiguchi et al. 2002, AA, 385, 281
SJ  = Sheppard and Jewitt 2002, AJ, sept. 2002
W   = Williams et al. 1995, Icarus, 116, 180

See Lightcurve data for all minor bodies, from A. W. Harris

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