Multicolor Photometry of the Uranus Irregular Satellites Sycorax and Caliban

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article , Preprint , Other literature type 01 May 2001Embargo end date: 01 Jan 2001 Italy Publisher:American Astronomical SocietyJournal:The Astronomical Journal, volume 121, pages 2,800-2,803 (issn: 0004-6256,

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Authors: MARIS M; CARRARO, GIOVANNI; CREMONESE G; FULLE M.;

doi: 10.1086/320378 , 10.48550/arxiv.astro-ph/0101493

arXiv: astro-ph/0101493

handle: 11577/1340440

Multicolor Photometry of the Uranus Irregular Satellites Sycorax and Caliban

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We report on accurate BVRI photometry for the two Uranus irregular satellites Sycorax and Caliban. We derive colours, showing that Sycorax is bluer than Caliban. Our data allows us to detect a significant variability in the Caliban's light-curve, which suggests an estimated period of about 3 hours. Despite it is the brighter of the two bodies, Sycorax does not display a strong statistically significant variability. However our data seem to suggest a period of about 4 hours

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University of Padua
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Astrophysics (astro-ph), FOS: Physical sciences, Astrophysics

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