# Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters

@article{Masiero2011MainBA,
title={Main Belt Asteroids with WISE/NEOWISE. I. Preliminary Albedos and Diameters},
author={Joseph R. Masiero and Amanda Kathryn Mainzer and T. Grav and James M. Bauer and Roc M. Cutri and John W. Dailey and Peter Eisenhardt and Robert S. McMillan and Timothy Bruce Spahr and Michael F. Skrutskie and David J. Tholen and Russell G. Walker and Edward L. Wright and Emily DeBaun and Dillon Elsbury and IV T.Gautier and Stephanie Gomillion and Ashlee N. Wilkins},
journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
year={2011},
volume={741},
pages={68}
}
We present initial results from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a four-band all-sky thermal infrared survey that produces data well suited for measuring the physical properties of asteroids, and the NEOWISE enhancement to the WISE mission allowing for detailed study of solar system objects. Using a NEATM thermal model fitting routine, we compute diameters for over 100,000 Main Belt asteroids from their IR thermal flux, with errors better than 10%. We then incorporate literature… Expand
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