Absolute photometry of the transneptunian dwarf planets in a long time span

We have analyzed our database with thousands of images including trans-Neptunian dwarf planets. This images have been obtained since 2005 within our own observing programs to derive absolute photometry at different wavelength bands. We have used specifically designed tools that take into account color terms to derive accurate photometric transformations by taking advantage of the latest Gaia EDR3 photometry [1] for the reference stars in our images. With this remarkable 16-year time span we derive accurate absolute magnitudes and phase slopes in order to analyse trends along the years. Our observing program has mainly used the 1.5-m telescope at Sierra Nevada Observatory in Spain and the 1.23-m telescope at Calar Alto Observatory in Spain but also includes other telescopes such us the TNG or the WHT at La Palma Observatory, Spain. Using some archive images we have also been able to extend the available time span.

We will present our preliminary analysis and results of the long term evolution of some of the physical properties for the dwarf planets Haumea, Makemake and Eris.

 

 

We acknowledge financial support from the State Agency for Research of the Spanish MCIU through the "Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa" award to the Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (SEV-2017-0709).
Funding from Spanish projects PID2020-112789GB-I00 from AEI and Proyecto de Excelencia de la Junta de Andalucía PY20-01309 is acknowledged. Part of the research leading to these results has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Community’s H2020 (2014-2020/ERC Grant Agreement no. 669416 “LUCKY STAR”). M.V-L. acknowledges funding from Spanish project AYA2017-89637-R (FEDER/MICINN). P.S-S. acknowledges financial support by the Spanish grant AYA-RTI2018-098657-J-I00 “LEO-SBNAF”.

 

[1] M. Riello , F. De Angeli , D. W. Evans et al. A&A 649, A3 (2021)