Tentative detection of the rotation of Eris

H. Roe; R. Pike; M. Brown

DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2008.08.001

Corpus ID: 16069419

Tentative detection of the rotation of Eris

@article{Roe2008TentativeDO,
  title={Tentative detection of the rotation of Eris},
  author={H. Roe and R. Pike and M. Brown},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2008},
  volume={198},
  pages={459-464}
}

H. Roe, R. Pike, M. Brown

Published 2008

Physics

Icarus

We report a multi-week sequence of B-band photometric measurements of the dwarf planet Eris using the Swift satellite. The use of an observatory in low-Earth orbit provides better temporal sampling than is available with a ground-based telescope. We find no compelling evidence for an unusually slow rotation period of multiple days, as has been suggested previously. A not, vert, similar1.08 day rotation period is marginally detected at a modest level of statistical confidence (~97%). Analysis of… CONTINUE READING

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