Session 7. Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects I

Oral, Chair(s): M.E. Brown and D.P. Cruikshank, Monday, October 7, 2002, 2:30-3:30 and 4:00-4:30pm, Ballroom

7.01 Giant Kuiper Belt Object (20000) Varuna

D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard, H. Aussel (Institute for Astronomy)

7.02 A portrait of the Centaur 10199 Chariklo

E. Dotto (INAF-OATo, INAF-OAR, Italy), C. Leyrat, J. Romon, M.A. Barucci (Obs. Paris, France), J. Licandro (Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes, Spain), C. de Bergh (Obs. Paris, France)

7.03 Optical Colors of Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects From the Keck I 10-m Telescope and the University of Arizona 2.3-m Telescope

S. C. Tegler (Northern Arizona Univ), W. Romanishin (Univ of Oklahoma)

7.04 Variability measurements of KBOs and Centaurs discovered by the Deep Ecliptic Survey

S. D. Kern, J. L. Elliot (M.I.T.)

7.05 Simultaneous Visible/IR Photometry of Minor Bodies of the Outer Solar System with the ESO-Very Large Telescopes.

A. C. Delsanti (ESO/Chile - LESIA Obs. Paris), O. R. Hainaut, H. Boehnhardt (ESO/Chile), K. J. Meech (IfA), L. Barrera (U. Antofagasta)

7.06 Spectrophotometry of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs

S. M. Lederer (NASA Johnson Space Center), F. Vilas (NASA Headquarters)

7.07 ESO Large Program: Results from Visible and Infrared spectroscopy of Centaurs and TNOs.

M.A. Barucci (Obs. Paris, France), H. Boehnhardt (ESO, Chile (PI)), E. Dotto (INAF-Oss. Torino, INAF-Oss. Roma, Italy), M. Lazzarin (Univ. Padova, Italy), J. Romon, C. de Bergh, A. Doressoundiram (Obs. Paris, France), G.P. Tozzi (INAF-Oss. Firenze, Italy), S. Fornasier (Univ. Padova, Italy), J. Davies (Obs. Edinburgh, England), N. Peixinho (Obs. Paris, France), L. Barrera (UC Antofagasta, Chile), K. Birkle (MPIA Heidelberg, Germany), A. Delsanti, O. Hainaut (ESO, Chile), K. Meech (IFA Hawaai, USA), J.L. Ortiz (IAA Granada, Spain), T. Sekiguchi (NOAO Tokyo, Japan), N. Thomas (MPIAe Lindau, Germany), J. Watanabe (NOAO Tokyo, Japan), R.M. West (ESO Garching, Germany)

7.08 Estimated Optical Constants of Tagish Lake Meteorite

T.L. Roush (NASA Ames Research Center)

7.09 Organic Solid Matter as a Coloring Agent in Outer Solar System Bodies

D. P. Cruikshank (NASA Ames Research Center), C. M. Dalle Ore (SETI Institute, NASA Ames), T. L. Roush (NASA Ames Research Center), B. N. Khare (SETI Institute, NASA Ames)