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矮惑星マケマケのアルベドと大気の制約は,恒星の隠蔽から見た

J L Ortiz1, B Sicardy, F Braga-Ribas

  • 1Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Apartado 3004, 18080 Granada, Spain. ortiz@iaa.es

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|November 23, 2012
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氷の矮惑星であるマケマケは,恒星隠蔽を用いて研究されました. 研究者は,その大きさ,アルベド,および密度を決定し,冥王星のように地球規模の大気がないことを発見しましたが,局所的な大気のポケットを持っている可能性があります.

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