• DOI:10.1088/0004-637X/809/1/3
Corpus ID: 5834661

NEOWISE: Observations of the Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn

@article{Grav2015NEOWISEOO,
  title={NEOWISE: Observations of the Irregular Satellites of Jupiter and Saturn},
  author={T. Grav and J. Bauer and A. Mainzer and J. Masiero and C. Nugent and R. Cutri and Sarah Sonnet and E. Kramer},
  journal={The Astrophysical Journal},
  year={2015},
  volume={809},
  pages={3}
}

• T. Grav, J. Bauer, +5 authors E. Kramer
• Published 2015
• Physics
• The Astrophysical Journal

We present thermal model fits for 11 Jovian and 3 Saturnian irregular satellites based on measurements from the WISE/NEOWISE data set. Our fits confirm spacecraft-measured diameters for the objects with in situ observations (Himalia and Phoebe) and provide diameters and albedo for 12 previously unmeasured objects, 10 Jovian and 2 Saturnian irregular satellites. The best-fit thermal model beaming parameters are comparable to what is observed for other small bodies in the outer solar system… Expand

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