Transneptunian objects and Centaurs from light curves

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A&A, 505 3 (2009) 1283-1295

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Table 1:

List of TNOs whose variability has been studied. When a multiple determination of the rotational period is present, the preferred period is marked in bold.
Object	Designation	Single Peak	Double Peak	Amplitude	Absolute	Ref.^b
		period [h]	period [h]	[mag]	magnitude^a
(134340) Pluto		153.6	-	0.33	-0.7	B97,TH90
Charon		153.6	-	0.08	0.9	B97
(148780) Altjira	2001 UQ₁₈	-	-	<0.10	5.6	S07
(55576) Amycus	2002 GB₁₀	9.76	19.52	0.16 $\pm$ 0.01	7.8	Th09
(8405) Asbolus	1995 GO	4.47	8.9351 $\pm$ 0.003	0.55	9.0	D98a,K00
		-	-	0.34	...	RT99
(54598) Bienor	2000 QC₂₄₃	4.57 $\pm$ 0.02	9.14 $\pm$ 0.04	0.75 $\pm$ 0.09	7.6	O03b
		9.17	-	0.34 $\pm$ 0.08	...	R07a
(66652) Borasisi	1999 RZ₂₅₃	-	-	<0.05	5.9	LL06
(65489) Ceto	2003 FX₁₂₈	-	4.43 $\pm$ 0.03	0.13 $\pm$ 0.02	6.3	SJ02
(19521) Chaos	1998 WH₂₄	-	-	<0.10	4.9	SJ02,LL06
(10199) Chariklo	1997 CU₂₆	-	-	<0.1	6.4	LL06
(2060) Chiron	1977 UB	-	5.9180 $\pm$ 0.0001	0.088 $\pm$ 0.003	6.5	B89
(83982) Crantor	2002 GO₉	(6.97 or 9.67) $\pm$ 0.04	-	0.14 $\pm$ 0.04	9.1	O03b
		-	-	0.34	...	RT99
(60558) Echeclus	2000 EC₉₈	13.401	26.802	0.24 $\pm$ 0.06	9.0	R03
(31824) Elatus	1999 UG₅	13.25	-	0.24	10.1	G01
		13.41 $\pm$ 0.04	-	0.102 $\pm$ 0.005	...	B02
(136199) Eris	2003 UB₃₁₃	13.69/28.08/32.13	-	<0.1 $\pm$ 0.01	-1.2	D07
		3.55?	-	$\sim$ 0.05	...	L07
		-	-	<0.01	...	R07a,S07
		25.92	-	0.1	...	R08
(136108) Haumea	2003 EL₆₁	-	3.9154 $\pm$ 0.0002	0.28 $\pm$ 0.04	0.2	R06
		-	3.9155 $\pm$ 0.0001	0.29 $\pm$ 0.02	...	LJ08
		1.96	3.92	0.23 $\pm$ 0.02	...	Th09
(10370) Hylonome	1995 DW₂	-	-	<0.04	8.0	RT99
(38628) Huya	2000 EB₁₇₃	6.68/6.75/6.82	-	<0.1	4.7	O03b
		-	-	<0.06	...	O03b,SJ02,S02
		-	-	<0.04	...	SJ03,LL06
(28978) Ixion	2001 KX₇₆	-	-	<0.05	3.2	O03b,SJ03
		-	-	<0.10	...	SJ02,LL06
(136472) Makemake	2005 FY₉	11.24 $\pm$ 0.01	20.54/22.48	0.03 $\pm$ 0.01	-0.3	O07
		7.65	15.30	0.014 $\pm$ 0.002	...	Th09
(7066) Nessus	1993 HA₂	-	-	0.5	9.6	RT99
		-	-	<0.2	...	D98b
(52872) Okyrhoe	1998 SG₃₅	4.86/6.08	9.72/12.16	0.07 $\pm$ 0.01	11.3	Th09
(90482) Orcus	2004 DW	7.09/10.47 $\pm$ 0.01/17.43	20.94	0.03 $\pm$ 0.01	2.3	O06
		13.19	-	0.18	...	RO7a
		-	-	<0.03	...	S07
		10.47	20.94	0.03 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(5145) Pholus	1992 AD	-	9.98	0.15/0.60	7.0	B92,H92,F01,T05
		-	-	0.15	...	RT99
(50000) Quaoar	2002 LM₆₀	-	17.6788 $\pm$ 0.0004	0.13 $\pm$ 0.03	2.6	O03b
		8.84	-	0.18 $\pm$ 0.10	...	R07a
		9.42	18.84	$\sim$ 0.3	...	L07
		8.84	17.68	0.13 $\pm$ 0.04	...	Th09
(90377) Sedna	2003 VB₁₂	10.273 $\pm$ 0.003	-	0.02	1.6	G05
(88611) Teharonhiawako	2001 QT₂₉₇	-	-	<0.15	5.5	Os03
(32532) Thereus	2001 PT₁₃	4.1546 $\pm$ 0.0001	8.3091 $\pm$ 0.0001	0.16 $\pm$ 0.02	9.0	O03b
		-	8.34	0.16	...	FD03
		-	8.34	0.34 $\pm$ 0.08	...	R07a
		-	8.4	0.15	...	F01
(42355) Typhon	2002 CR₄₆	9.67	19.34	0.06 $\pm$ 0.01	7.2	O03b
		-	-	<0.05	...	SJ03
		>5	-	-	...	D08
		9.67	19.34	0.06 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(20000) Varuna	2000 WR₁₀₆	3.1718	6.3436 $\pm$ 0.0001	0.43 $\pm$ 0.01	3.6	O03b
		-	6.34	0.42 $\pm$ 0.03	...	SJ02
		3.17	6.34	0.5	...	F01
		-	6.34358 $\pm$ 0.00002	0.42	...	B06
		-	6.344	0.49 $\pm$ 0.17	...	R07a
		3.1709	6.3418	0.43 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(15789)	1993 SC	7.7	-	0.04	6.9	T97
		-	-	<0.04	...	RT99
(15820)	1994 TB	3.0/3.5	6.0/7.0	0.26/0.34	7.1	RT99
		-	-	<0.04	...	SJ02
(19255)	1994 VK₈	3.9/4.3/4.7/5.2	7.8/8.6/9.4/10.4	0.42	7.0	RT99
		4.75	-	-	...	CB99
(24835)	1995 SM₅₅	4.04 $\pm$ 0.03	8.08 $\pm$ 0.03	0.19 $\pm$ 0.05	4.8	SJ02
(32929)	1995 QY₉	3.5	7.0	0.60	7.5	RT99
		Between 3.3 and 3.7	-	0.60	...	RT99
		-	7.3 $\pm$ 0.1	0.60 $\pm$ 0.04	...	RT99,SJ02
(26181)	1996 GQ₂₁	-	-	<0.10	5.2	SJ02
(15874)	1996 TL₆₆	12.1	-	<0.12	5.4	O06
		-	-	<0.06	...	LJ98,RT99
		6/8.04/ 12	24	0.09 $\pm$ 0.02	...	Th09
(19308)	1996 TO₆₆	3.96 $\pm$ 0.04	7.92 $\pm$ 0.04/5.9/9.6	0.25 $\pm$ 0.05	4.5	SJ03
		-	11.9	0.25 $\pm$ 0.05	...	B06
		-	6.25 $\pm$ 0.03	0.12 to 0.33	...	H00
		-	-	<0.10	...	RT99
(15875)	1996 TP₆₆	1.96	-	<0.04	6.8	CB99
		-	-	<0.12	...	RT99
(118228)	1996 TQ₆₆	-	-	<0.22	7.1	RT99
	1996 TS₆₆	-	-	<0.14	6.5	LL06
		-	-	<0.16	...	RT99
(79360)	1997 CS₂₉	-	-	<0.08	5.1	SJ02
		-	-	<0.22	...	RT99
	1997 CV₂₉	-	15.8	0.4	7.3	CK04
(33128)	1998 BU₄₈	(4.9 or 6.3) $\pm$ 0.1	(9.8 or 12.6) $\pm$ 0.1	0.68 $\pm$ 0.04	7.2	SJ02
(91133)	1998 HK₁₅₁	-	-	<0.15	7.6	SJ02
(26308)	1998 SM₁₆₅	-	7.1 $\pm$ 0.1	0.45 $\pm$ 0.03	5.8	SJ02
		3.983	-	0.56	...	R01
(35671)	1998 SN₁₆₅	-	8.84	0.16 $\pm$ 0.01	5.8	LL06
		5.03	-	0.15	...	P02
(33340)	1998 VG₄₄	-	-	<0.10	6.5	SJ02
	1998 XY₉₅	-	-	<0.1	6.2	CB01
		1.31	-	$\sim$ 0.1	...	CB01
(26375)	1999 DE₉	>12?	-	<0.10	4.7	SJ02
(79983)	1999 DF₉	3.3	6.65/9.2	0.40 $\pm$ 0.02	6.1	LL06
(40314)	1999 KR₁₆	(5.840 or 5.929) $\pm$ 0.001	(11.680 or 11.858) $\pm$ 0.002	0.18 $\pm$ 0.04	5.8	SJ02
(47171)	1999 TC₃₆	6.21	-	0.06	4.9	O03b
		-	-	<0.07	...	LL06
		-	-	<0.05	...	SJ03
(29981)	1999 TD₁₀	7.71 $\pm$ 0.02	-	0.65 $\pm$ 0.05	8.8	O03b
		-	15.45	0.65	...	R03,C03
		-	15.382	0.41 $\pm$ 0.08	...	M04
		-	15.3833	0.53 $\pm$ 0.03	...	RO5a
		5.8	-	0.65 $\pm$ 0.05	...	C00
	1999 TZ₁	-	10.438	<0.1	9.3	M08
		5	-	0.15 $\pm$ 0.02	...	D08
		5.211	10.422	0.06 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(80806)	2000 CM₁₀₅	-	-	<0.14	6.3	LL06
	2000 CP₁₀₄	-	-	0.06	6.7	R08
	2000 FV₅₃	3.79	-	0.07 $\pm$ 0.02	8.2	TB05
		-	7.5	0.07	...	TB05
	2000 CP₁₀₄	-	-	0.06	6.7	R08
(47932)	2000 GN₁₇₁	-	8.329 $\pm$ 0.05	0.61 $\pm$ 0.03	6.0	SJ02
		-	8.329 $\pm$ 0.05	0.60 $\pm$ 0.03	...	D08
(82075)	2000 YW₁₃₄	-	-	<0.10	5.0	SJ03
(150642)	2001 CZ₃₁	-	4.71/5.23	0.21 $\pm$ 0.02	5.7	LL06
		-	-	<0.20	...	SJ02
(82158)	2001 FP₁₈₅	-	-	<0.06	6.1	SJ03
(82155)	2001 FZ₁₇₃	-	-	<0.06	6.2	SJ02
	2001 KD₇₇	-	-	<0.07	5.8	SJ03
	2001 QF₂₉₈	-	-	<0.12	4.7	SJ03
(139775)	2001 QG₂₉₈	6.89 $\pm$ 0.0002	13.7744 $\pm$ 0.0004	1.14 $\pm$ 0.04	7.0	SJ04
(88611B)	2001 QT_297B	4.75	-	0.6	5.5	Os03
		5.50 $\pm$ 0.02	-	-	...	K06
(42301)	2001 UR₁₆₃	-	-	<0.08	4.2	SJ03
(126154)	2001 YH₁₄₀	6.22/8.45 $\pm$ 0.05/12.99	12.38/16.80/26.72	0.16 $\pm$ 0.05	5.4	O06
		-	13.25	0.21 $\pm$ 0.04	...	S07
		6.19/8.40/13.36	12.38/16.80/26.72	0.16 $\pm$ 0.05	...	Th09
(55565)	2002 AW₁₉₇	6.49/8.87 $\pm$ 0.01/13.94/15.82	17.74	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	3.3	O06
		8.78	17.56	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(95626)	2002 GP₃₂	$\sim$ 3.3	$\sim$ 6.6	>1	6.7	K06
		-	-	<0.03	...	S07
(95626)	2002 GZ₃₂	-	5.80 $\pm$ 0.03	0.15 $\pm$ 0.03	6.8	D08
(73480)	2002 PN₃₄	(4.23 or 5.11) $\pm$ 0.03	(8.45 or 10.22) $\pm$ 0.06	0.18 $\pm$ 0.04	8.2	O03b
(55636)	2002 TX₃₀₀	(8.12 or 12.10) $\pm$ 0.08	(16.24 or 24.20) $\pm$ 0.08	0.08 $\pm$ 0.02	3.3	SJ03
		7.89 $\pm$ 0.03	15.78	0.09 $\pm$ 0.08	...	O04
		4.08	8.16	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(55637)	2002 UX₂₅	7.19 or 8.4	14.38	0.21 $\pm$ 0.06	3.6	R05b
		-	16.782	0.13 $\pm$ 0.09	...	RO5a
		-	-	<0.06	...	SJ03
(555638)	2002 VE₉₅	6.76/6.88/7.36/9.47	-	0.08 $\pm$ 0.04	5.3	O06
		-	-	<0.06	...	SJ03
		4.90/6.18/9.97/17.23	9.80/12.36/19.94/34.46	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(136204)	2003 WL₇	8.24	16.48	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	8.7	Th09
	2005 CB₇₉	6.76	13.52	0.13 $\pm$ 0.02	5.0	Th09
(145451)	2005 RM₄₃	6.71	13.42	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	4.4	Th09
(145452)	2005 RN₄₃	5.62 or 7.32	11.24 or 14.64	0.04 $\pm$ 0.01	3.9	Th09
(145453)	2005 RR₄₃	7.87	15.74	0.06 $\pm$ 0.01	4.0	Th09
(145486)	2005 UJ₄₃₈	4.16	8.32	0.11 $\pm$ 0.01	10.5	Th09
	2007 UL₁₂₆ or 2002 KY₁₄	3.56 or 4.20	7.12 or 8.40	0.10 $\pm$ 0.01	9.4	Th09
(120347)	2004 SB₆₀	6.09 or 8.01	12.18 or 16.02	0.03 $\pm$ 0.01	4.4	Th09
(144897)	2004 UX₁₀	5.68	11.36	0.08 $\pm$ 0.01	4.7	Th09
(119979)	2002 WC₁₉	-	-	<0.03	5.1	S07
	2003 AZ₈₄	4.32/5.28/6.72/6.76 $\pm$ 0.01	-	0.14 $\pm$ 0.03	3.6	O06
		-	5.72 $\pm$ 0.05	0.14 $\pm$ 0.03	...	SJ02
		6.79	13.58	0.10 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
(120061)	2003 CO₁	4.51	9.02	0.06 $\pm$ 0.01	8.9	Th09
	2003 BF₉₁	9.1/7.3	-	1.09 $\pm$ 0.25	11.7	TB05
	2003 BG₉₁	4.2/4.5/4.6/4.9	-	0.18 $\pm$ 0.75	10.7	TB05
	2003 BH₉₁	-	-	0.42	11.9	TB05
		2.8	-	<0.15	...	TB05
(120132)	2003 FY₁₂₈	-	-	<0.08	5.0	S07
		>7	-	-	...	D08
		8.54	17.08	0.12 $\pm$ 0.01	5.0	Th09
(120178)	2003 OP₃₂	4.845 $\pm$ 0.03	-	0.26 $\pm$ 0.04	4.1	Ra08
		4.05	8.10	0.10 $\pm$ 0.01	...	Th09
	2003 QB₁₁₂	-	-	0.46	7.0	R08
	2003 QY_90A	3.4 $\pm$ 1.1	-	0.34 $\pm$ 0.06	6.3	KO6a
	2003 QY_90B	7.1 $\pm$ 2.9	-	0.90 $\pm$ 0.18	6.3	K06a
	2003 QY₁₁₁	-	-	0.60	6.6	R08
(174567)	2003 MW₁₂	5.90/7.87	11.80/15.74	0.06 $\pm$ 0.01	3.6	Th09
(84922)	2003 VS₂	3.71 or 4.39	7.42	0.17 $\pm$ 0.01	4.2	O06,Th09
		-	7.41 $\pm$ 0.01	0.21 $\pm$ 0.02	...	S07
(90568)	2004 GV₉	-	-	<0.1	4.0	S07
		-	5.86 $\pm$ 0.03	0.16 $\pm$ 0.03	...	D08
(120348)	2004 TY₃₆₄	5.85 $\pm$ 0.01	11.7 $\pm$ 0.01	0.22 $\pm$ 0.02	4.5	S07

^a MPC values. ^b References: B97: Buie et al. (1997); D98a: Davies et al. (1998a); K00: Kern et al. (2000); RT99: Romanishin & Tegler (1999); O03b: Ortiz et al. (2003a); R07a: Rabinowitz et al. (2007); LL06: Lacerda & Luu (2006); D08: Dotto et al. (2008); SJ02: Sheppard & Jewitt (2002); B89: Bus et al. (1989); R03: Rousselot et al. (2003); G01: Gutierrez et al. (2001); B02: Bauer et al. (2002); D07: Duffard et al. (2008); L07: Lin et al. (2007); S07: Sheppard (2007); R08: Roe et al. (2008); S02: Schaefer & Rabinowitz (2002); SJ03: Sheppard & Jewitt (2003); B03: Bauer et al. (2003); O06: Ortiz et al. (2006); B92: Buie & Bus (1992); F01: Farnham (2001); T05: Tegler et al. (2005); H92: Hoffmann et al. (1992); O03a: Ortiz et al. (2003b); G05: Gaudi et al. (2005); Os03: Osip et al. (2003); FD03: Farnham & Davies (2003); B06: Belskaya et al. (2006); T97: Tegler et al. (1997); CB99: Collander-Brown et al. (1999); LJ98: Luu & Jewitt (1998); H00: Hainaut et al. (2000); CK04: Chorney & Kavelaars (2004); R01: Romanishin et al. (2001); P02: Peixinho et al. (2002); CB01: Collander-Brown et al. (2001); C03: Choi et al. (2003); M04: Mueller et al. (2004); R05a: Rousselot et al. (2005a); C00: Consolmagno et al. (2000); M08: Moullet et al. (2008); TB05: Trilling & Bernstein (2006); R06: Rabinowitz et al. (2006); SJ04: Sheppard & Jewitt (2004); K06b: Kern (2006); O04: Ortiz et al. (2004); R05b: Rousselot et al. (2005b); LJ08: Lacerda et al. (2008); Ra08: Rabinowitz et al. (2008); K06a: Kern & Elliot (2006); O07: Ortiz et al. (2007); D98b: Davies et al. (1998b); D01: Davies et al. (2001); TH90: Tholen & Buie (1990); Th09: Thirouin et al. (2009).

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