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1 13 Egeria. Tholen (1984) listed classification as CG. C eliminated on the
basis of 24-color data.
2 192 Nausikaa. Tholen (1984) listed classification as RS. R eliminated on
the basis of 24-color data.
3 344 Desiderata. Tholen (1984) listed classification as CSU. SU eliminated
on the basis of 24-color data.
4 515 Athalia. Tholen (1984) listed classification as U. Changed to I as
explained in the introduction.
5 3200 Phaethon. From Tholen (1985).
6 Unpublished data of Tholen cited in Hartmann et al. (1987).
7 Not a proper provisional designation. Data taken from TRIAD UBV table as
published by Bowell et al. (1979). In turn, they took the data from
unpublished observations by Tedesco. Does anyone know what this object
really is?
References
Barucci, M. A., M. T. Capria, A. Coradini, and M. Fulchignoni (1987).
Classification of asteroids using G-mode analysis. Icarus 72, 304-324.
Bowell, E., T. Gehrels, and B. Zellner (1979). Magnitudes, colors, types, and
adopted diameters of the asteroids. In Asteroids (T. Gehrels, Ed.), pp. 1108-
1129. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson.
Chapman, C. R., and M. J. Gaffey (1979). Reflectance spectra for 277
asteroids. In Asteroids (T. Gehrels, Ed.), pp. 655-687. Univ. of Arizona
Press, Tucson.
Hartmann, W. K., D. J. Tholen, and D. P. Cruikshank (1987). The relationship
of active comets, "extinct" comets, and dark asteroids. Icarus 69, 33-50.
Tholen, D. J. (1984). Asteroid Taxonomy from Cluster Analysis of Photometry.
Ph.D. dissertation, University of Arizona.
Tholen, D. J. (1985). IAU Circular 4034.