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Description
We present the first comprehensive thermal and rotational analysis of the second most distant trans-Neptunian object (TNOs) (225088)2007OR_10_. We combined optical light curves provided by the Kepler Space Telescope-K2 extended mission and thermal infrared data provided by the Herschel Space Observatory. We found that (225088)2007OR_10_ is likely to be larger and darker than derived by earlier studies: we obtained a diameter of d=1535_-225_^+75^km which places (225088) 2007OR_10_ in the biggest top three TNOs. The corresponding visual geometric albedo is p_V_=0.089_-0.009_^+0.031^. The light-curve analysis revealed a slow rotation rate of P_rot_=44.81+/-0.37hr, superseded by very few objects. The most likely light-curve solution is double-peaked with a slight asymmetry; however, we cannot safely rule out the possibility of having a rotation period of P_rot_=22.40+/-0.18hr, which corresponds to a single-peaked solution. Due to the size and slow rotation, the shape of the object should be a MacLaurin ellipsoid, so the light variation should be caused by surface inhomogeneities. Its newly derived larger diameter also implies larger surface gravity and a more likely retention of volatiles--CH_4_, CO, and N_2_--on the surface.
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