Table 2: Radio photometric sizes of distant minor planets.
Names H P $\Delta$ r d $\Delta d$ p $\Delta p$ Reference
  [mag] [hours] [AU] [AU] [km] [km] [km]      
Centaurs and SDOs              
2060, Chiron 6.5 5.92 10.48 10.09 <317 - - >0.04 - Jewitt & Luu (1992)
dto. 6.5 5.92 8.29 8.78 168 -13 +25 0.16 0.04 Altenhoff & Stumpff (1995)
10199, Chariklo 6.4 15. 12.62 13.35 268 -6 +13 0.07 0.01 Altenhoff et al. (2001)
2002TC302 3.7 - 48.45 48.58 <1195 - - >0.04 - this paper
KBOs              
24835, 1995 SM55 4.8 4.0 39.41 39.38 <701 - - >0.04 - this paper
19308, 1996 TO66 4.5 6.25 46.54 46.07 <897 - - >0.04 - this paper
19521, Chaos 4.9 - 41.85 42.31 <742 - - >0.04 - this paper
47171, 1999 TC36 4.9 6.21 31.64 31.27 609 -47 +93 0.05 0.01 this paper
38628, Huya 4.7 - 29.62 29.80 <540 - - >0.08 - this paper
20000, Varuna 3.7 3.18 42.06 43.05 1016 -101 +202 0.06 0.02 Jewitt et al. (2001)
dto. 3.7 3.18 42.35 43.10 914 -104 +208 0.07 0.03 Lellouch et al. (2002)
28978, Ixion 3.2 - 42.24 43.09 <804 - - >0.15 - this paper
55565, 2002 AW197 3.3 - 46.42 47.38 977 -87 +175 0.09 0.02 Margot et al. (2002)
50000, Quaoar 2.6 - 42.57 43.43 1260 -190 +190 0.10 0.03 Brown & Trujillo (2002)
NOTE - H, P, r, $\Delta$, d, and p are, respectively, the optical magnitude, rotation period, heliocentric distance, distance from Earth, diameter, and geometric albedo. Size and geometric albedo of Quaoar are optically derived.


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