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Thermal and Optical Characterization of Near-Earth Objects: Science Commissioning of the Recently Upgraded Mid-infrared Camera MIRSI on the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility

  • Authors: Andy J. López-Oquendo, Joseph L. Hora, David E. Trilling, Howard A. Smith

Andy J. López-Oquendo et al 2025 The Astronomical Journal 170 .

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Predicted N-band fluxes for 1989 ML for a range of albedos (red line) and diameters (black line). The horizontal dashed line corresponds to the 5σ flux we would have detected in ∼47 minutes of integration time. The red line flux solutions were computed for a sphere with radius obtained from the E. F. Tedesco et al. (1992) relationship and assuming the JPL-Horizons HV solution. The black line flux solutions were computed for various sphere sizes with a fixed pV of 50%. We conclude that this object must have an albedo higher than 0.25 and a diameter smaller than 400 meters.

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