Suzanne Tourtellotte

Associate Research Scientist

Recent Publications

Selected publications on outer solar system photometry

Rabinowitz, D. L, Barkume, K., Brown, M. E., Roe, H., Schwartz, M., Tourtellotte, S., & Trujillo, C. 2006a, "Photometric observations constraining the size, shape, and albedo of 2003 EL61, a rapidly rotating, Pluto-sized object in the Kuiper Belt", ApJ 639, 1238. Rabinowitz, D. L., Schaefer, B. E., & Tourtellotte, S. W. 2006b, "The Diverse Solar Phase Curves of Distant Icy Bodies. Part I: Photometric Observations of 18 Trans-Neptunian Objects, 7 Centaurs, and Nereid", submitted to AJ. Schaefer, B. E., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Tourtellotte, S. W. 2005, "Nightly Observations in BVI of 25 KBOs and Centaurs Over a Whole Observing Season", DPS 37, 5614. Schaefer, B. E., Rabinowitz, D. L., & Tourtellotte, S. W. 2006, "The Diverse Solar Phase Curves of Distant Icy Bodies. Part II: Opposition Surges, Orbital Elements, and the Color Bimodality", submitted to AJ. Schaefer, B. E. & Tourtellotte, S. W. 2001, "Photometric Light Curve for Nereid in 1998: A Prominent Opposition Surge", Icarus 151, 112.