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Table 2

Thermal inertia measurements of icy bodies in the solar system (in J/m2/ K/s1/2).

Objects DUA Γ (measured during eclipse)

Europa 5.1 170 2(14 ± 5)
Ganymede 5.1 370 ± 20 4(14 ± 3)
Callisto 5.1 350 ± 10 4(10 ± 1)

Mimas (R1R2) 9.5 516–66 ± 23
Encelade 9.5 56–39
Tethys 9.5 55–19
Dione 9.5 55–29
Rhea 9.5 53–20
Japet (T-L) 9.5 56–33
Phoebe 9.34 5,61 5–45

Chariklo 13.5 6,73–30
Chiron 14.9 6,71.5–10
Centaurs 8–25 65 ± 1
Quaoar 43.2 6,72–22
TNOs 43–51 62 ± 0.5
2003 AZ84 45.45 60.6–10
Orcus 47.84 60.4–2.
Haumea 51.06 60.1–1

Reference. (1) Spencer et al. (1999); (2) Hansen (1973); (3) Spencer (1987); (4) Morrison & Cruikshank (1973); (5) Howett et al. (2010); (6) Lellouch et al. (2013); (7) Fornasier et al. (2013).

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