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Colours of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System Sample: Allclean.Dat , April 15, 2020 Astronomy & Astrophysics manuscript no. KStno c ESO 2020 April 15, 2020 Colours of Minor Bodies in the Outer Solar System Sample: allClean.dat , April 15, 2020 O.R. Hainaut1 ESO Compilation date: April 15, 2020 ABSTRACT This is a collection of all tables and graphs mentioned in Hainaut, Boehnhardt and Protopapa (2012), A&A XX, XX, updated for the following sample allClean.dat on April 15, 2020. Refer to the paper for discussions and methods, and to the MBOSS photometry web page, http://www.eso.org/˜ohainaut/MBOSS for individual plots and for updates. Key words. 1. Intro Table 1. Content of the database [statCount.tex, from proc/KStno- count] This is essentially a collection of tables and figures with no text. The explanatory text is found in Hainaut, Boehnhardt and Item Count Protopapa 2012. Jtrojans 90 Res. 3:2 58 Res. other 32 2. ChangeLog LPComets 51 – added Bauer+13 radiometric WISE data SPComets 141 + Centaurs 90 – added various comet-related papers: Mee 08, Jew15, Jew05 Scattered 53 – added Pluto and Charon data Detached Disk Obj. 33 – Aug.2017 various Esa object miss visible information; res- Classical Cold 94 cued a few from papers of “less than optimal” guality. Added Classical Hot 82 For+09 for more gradients. Objects 724 – check for new binaries, Vil+14, For+13, SSa+12 Epochs 2662 – imported HBO papers: Papers 153 Paper Obj epochs dispersion Ban+16 7 0 no quality estimate Por+16 6 0 no quality estimate Pet+08 55 0 noqualityestimate TRC16 72 71 0.064 ST16 12 0 no quality estimate STT16 9 0 no quality estimate SRT12 6 1 0.105 TS14 2 1 0.042 – Dynamical classification: comets are comets only based on their designation (C/, P/), not on their orbital elements. Hwv, elements are now read in and processed for P/ (not C/,as we use a). – Dynamical classification: Cold Classic now more restrictive: i < 5 and e < 0.15. – Jun.2017 Incorporate radiometric data, Esa. Reads and pro- cesses Diam, Pv, M11. Pending: eta Send offprint requests to: O. R. Hainaut, e-mail: [email protected] Fig. 1. Symbols used in all other figures [colorColor] 1 O.R. Hainaut: allClean.dat , April 15, 2020 q [AU] a [AU] Fig. 2. Spectral gradient of the objects [eleCol.sm] 2 O.R. Hainaut: allClean.dat , April 15, 2020 q [AU] a [AU] Fig. 3. V albedo of the objects from thermal IR [eleAlbedo.sm] 3 O.R. Hainaut: allClean.dat , April 15, 2020 (v.2011-09-14 SSBN07) Fig. 4. Dynamical classification and orbital elements of the objects [ele.sm] 4 Table 2. Average Magnitudes and Colors allColorTex.tex from colorTex Object Class(1) Epochs(2) Multiple(3) M11 σ Grt σ B-V σ d V-R σ d R-I σ± d V-J σ d J-H σ d H-K σ d ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/1983H1-IA LP Comet 1 1 14.851 0.376 — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1983J1-SS LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 19.418± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1984K1-Shoemak LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 9.831± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1984U1-Shoemak LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 9.925± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1986P1-Wilson LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 11.225± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/1987A1-Levy LP Comet 1 1 15.648 0.009 — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1987H1-Shoemak LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 10.127± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1988B1-Shoemak LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 11.225± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1988C1-MP LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 17.053± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± O.R. Hainaut: allClean.dat , April 15, 2020 — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1995O1-HB LP Comet± ± 2± ± 1± 9.418± ±1.056 ± ± ± ± ± ± 2.578 4.691 0.810 0.050 0.000 0.390 0.050 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/1996B2-Hyakuta LP Comet 1 1 15.358 0.009 — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/1999J2 LP Comet± ± 11± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 5.340 0.719 0.687 0.013 0.008 0.426 0.009 0.006 0.403 0.014± 0.012 — — — — — — — — — C/1999S4-LINEAR LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 19.249± 0.009± ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2000B4 LP Comet± ± 6± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.799 2.113 — — — 0.454 0.034 0.021 0.430 0.045± 0.032 — — — — — — — — — C/2001G1 LP Comet± ± 2± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 6.474 0.647 0.752 0.012 0.000 0.430 0.030 0.022 0.433 0.011± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2001M10 Centaur 2 1 — — 4.475 3.261 0.963 0.233 0.223 0.350 0.060 0.000 0.520 0.080± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2001O1 LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 2.781 1.141 — — — 0.328 0.020 0.000 0.480 0.023± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2001OG108-LONE LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 12.825± 0.183± ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2001Q1 LP Comet± ± 2± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 29.277 0.802 — — — 0.445 0.160 0.159 0.623 0.013± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2002CE10-LINEA LP Comet± ± 2± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 15.658 1.447 0.770 0.024 0.000 0.542 0.029 0.015 0.504 0.025± 0.005 — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2002VQ94-LINEA LP Comet 1 1 — — 12.205 1.087 0.850 0.020 0.000 0.500 0.020 0.000 0.480 0.020± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2003A2 LP Comet± ± 4± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.213 1.463 — — — 0.456 0.025 0.016 0.393 0.019± 0.006 — — — — — — — — — C/2003A2-Gleason LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 9.774 1.982 0.610 0.040 0.000 0.470 0.040 0.000 0.460 0.040± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — ± (1) Classes± refer± to Gladman et± al, SSBN07.± (2) Number± of epoc± hs. (3) Number± ± of components± ± (>1 for± satellites± or multiple). M11 is the absolute R magnitude from photometry. Grt is the spectral gradient (%/100nm). S 5 6 Table 2. Average Magnitudes and Colours (Cont’d.) Object Class(1) Epochs(2) Multiple(3) M11 σ Grt σ B-V σ d V-R σ d R-I σ± d V-J σ d J-H σ d H-K σ d ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2004D1-NEAT LP Comet 1 1 — — 9.178 1.982 0.820 0.050 0.000 0.430 0.040 0.000 0.510 0.040± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2006S3-Loneos LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 20.659 1.301 0.740 0.010 0.000 0.580 0.010 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2007D1-LINEAR LP Comet 1 1 — — 6.512 1.266 0.750 0.020 0.000 0.440 0.020 0.000 0.410 0.030± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2008S3-Boattin LP Comet± ± 2± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 5.440 1.352 0.769 0.036 0.018 0.448 0.026 0.016 0.364 0.022± 0.008 — — — — — — — — — C/2009T1-McNaugh LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 12.933 1.525 0.640 0.040 0.000 0.530 0.030 0.000 0.450 0.030± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2010D4-WISE LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 8.876 4.691 0.740 0.070 0.000 0.460 0.050 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2010DG56-WISE LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 0.851 4.691 0.770 0.050 0.000 0.370 0.050 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2010KW7 LP Comet 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — O.R. Hainaut: allClean.dat , April 15, 2020 C/2010L3-Catalin LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 5.382 1.525 0.750 0.030 0.000 0.420 0.030 0.000 0.410 0.030± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2010U3-Boattin LP Comet± ± 3± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.678 2.115 0.778 0.048 0.032 0.520 0.037 0.018 0.320 0.050± 0.000 — — — — — — — — — C/2011KP36 LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± — — — — — — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — Bau+13± nodate ThermalIR tel=±WISE± hmag=9.4/0.3 diam=55.1± /-19.4± /+19.4 pV=0.101/-0.062± /+±0.062 fixeta=0.8/-0.4± /+±0.4 ± ± ± ± C/2011P2-PANSTAR LP Comet 3 1 — — -3.055 7.499 0.919 0.079 0.056 0.323 0.081 0.064 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2011Q1-PANSTAR LP Comet 2 1 — — 11.605 4.492 0.819 0.046 0.010 0.489 0.048 0.014 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2012A1-PANSTAR LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.949 2.056 0.740 0.010 0.000 0.450 0.020 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2012E1-Hill LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 3.452 6.505 0.790 0.090 0.000 0.400 0.070 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2012K8-Lemmon LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 4.148 0.000 0.720 0.010 0.000 — — — — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2012LP26-Palom LP Comet± ± 3± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 14.176 4.357 0.854 0.047 0.041 0.516 0.046 0.043 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2012Q1-Kowalsk LP Comet 6 1 — — 16.280 2.417 0.907 0.032 0.015 0.537 0.024 0.014 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2013C2 LP Comet± ± 4± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 15.841 2.173 0.887 0.021 0.007 0.533 0.021 0.007 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2013E1-McNaugh LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 10.751 2.909 0.750 0.030 0.000 0.480 0.030 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2013H2-Boattin LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 11.701 1.301 0.770 0.020 0.000 0.490 0.010 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2013P3-Palomar LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.951 4.691 0.920 0.050 0.000 0.450 0.050 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± (1) Classes refer to Gladman et al, SSBN07. (2) Number of epochs. (3) Number of components (>1 for satellites or multiple). M11 is the absolute R magnitude from photometry. Grt is the spectral gradient (%/100nm). S Table 2. Average Magnitudes and Colours (Cont’d.) Object Class(1) Epochs(2) Multiple(3) M11 σ Grt σ B-V σ d V-R σ d R-I σ± d V-J σ d J-H σ d H-K σ d ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2013P4 LP Comet 3 1 — — 11.387 2.082 0.827 0.020 0.003 0.487 0.020 0.003 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2014AA52-CATAL LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 4.336 2.057 0.770 0.020 0.000 0.410 0.020 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2014B1-Schwarz LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 20.663 2.909 0.850 0.030 0.000 0.580 0.030 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2014R1-Borisov LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 8.876 1.301 0.810 0.010 0.000 0.460 0.010 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2014W6-Catalin LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.952 1.301 0.810 0.010 0.000 0.450 0.010 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± C/2014XB8-PANSTA LP Comet 1 1 — — 7.035 2.909 0.790 0.030 0.000 0.440 0.030 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — C/2015B1-PANSTAR LP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± —± —± ± ± ± ± ± ± 7.951 1.301 0.780 0.010 0.000 0.450 0.010 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — Nereid± 1± 1± ± — —± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± ± 1.480 0.868 0.628 0.010 0.000 — —± — — — — — — — — — — — — — P/1991L3-Levy SP Comet± ± 1± ± 1± 13.442± ±0.009 ± ± ± ± ± ± O.R.
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