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arxiv: 1509.02522 · v1 · pith:A2PT737Jnew · submitted 2015-09-08 · 🌌 astro-ph.EP

NEOWISE Reactivation Mission Year One: Preliminary Asteroid Diameters and Albedos

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We present preliminary diameters and albedos for 7,959 asteroids detected in the first year of the NEOWISE Reactivation mission. 201 are near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). 7,758 are Main Belt or Mars-crossing asteroids. 17% of these objects have not been previously characterized using WISE or NEOWISE thermal measurements. Diameters are determined to an accuracy of ~20% or better. If good-quality H magnitudes are available, albedos can be determined to within ~40% or better.

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