The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) observed 52 Centaurs and Scattered Disk Objects in the thermal infrared, including the 15 discoveries that were new. We present analyses of these observations to estimate sizes and mean optical albedos. We find mean albedos of 0.08 +/- 0.04 for the entire data set. Thermal fits yield average beaming parameters of 0.9 +/- 0.2 that are similar for both SDO and Centaur sub-classes. Biased cumulative size distributions yield size-frequency distribution power law indices ~ -1.7 +/- 0.3. The data also reveal a relation between albedo and color at the 3-sigma level. No significant relation between diameter and albedos is found.
@article{arxiv.1306.1862,
title = {Centaurs and Scattered Disk Objects in the Thermal Infrared: Analysis of WISE/NEOWISE Observations},
author = {James M. Bauer and Tommy Grav and Erin Blauvelt and A. K. Mainzer and Joseph R. Masiero and Rachel Stevenson and Emily Kramer and Yan R. Fernández and C. M. Lisse and Roc M. Cutri and Paul R. Weissman and John W. Dailey and Frank J. Masci and Russel Walker and Adam Waszczak and Carrie R. Nugent and Karen J. Meech and Andrew Lucas and George Pearman and Ashlee Wilkins and Jessica Watkins and Shrinivas Kulkarni and Edward L. Wright and the WISE and PTF Teams},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1306.1862},
year = {2015}
}