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Lightcurves and Rotations of Trans-Neptunian Objects in the 2:1 Mean Motion Resonance with Neptune

  • Authors: Audrey Thirouin, Scott S. Sheppard

Audrey Thirouin and Scott S. Sheppard 2022 The Planetary Science Journal 3 .

  • Provider: AAS Journals

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The Lomb periodogram (upper plot) favors a rotational frequency at 4.87 cycles day−1. Due to the large amplitude and asymmetric lightcurve, the double-peaked rotational lightcurve with a periodicity of 9.85 hr is favored (lower plot). A second-order Fourier fit is overplotted (black line).

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