Table 1
Multi-chord observations of stellar occultations by trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) published in peer-reviewed literature to date.
| Object | Dynamical class |
Date (UTC) | Location | No. of recorded chords (No. of unique chords) |
Key reference |
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| (55636) 2002 TX300 | HC | 09 October 2009 | Hawaii | 2 | 1 |
| (136199) Eris | SDO | 06 November 2010 | Chile | 3 (2) | 2 |
| (136472) Makemake | HC | 23 April 2011 | Chile, Brazil | 7 (4) | 3 |
| (50000) Quaoar | HC | 04 May 2011 17 February 2012 | Chile, Brazil, Uruguay France, Switzerland | 6 (5) 4 (2) | 4 |
| (229762) 2007 UK126 | DO | 15 November 2014 | USA | 3 | this work |
Notes. Numbers in brackets indicate the number of chords that were geographically sufficiently distant to each other to sample the occulting object at distinguishable (i.e. unique) locations. Abbreviations: SDO – Scattered disk object; HC – Hot classical Kuiper belt object; DO – Detached Object.
Reference. (1) Elliot et al. (2010); (2) Sicardy et al. (2011); (3) Ortiz et al. (2012); (4) Braga-Ribas et al. (2013).
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