SThM allows thermal measurements at the nanoscale.
Combining their observations with thermal measurements taken in November 2000, the team estimated the size of the components of the system.
The goal of experimental metrology of thermal conductivity of thin films is to attain an accurate thermal measurement without disturbing the properties of the thin-film.
This wire is selected to be compatible with the sensing wire so that the combination does not generate an emf that would distort the thermal measurement.
Putting together their sightings with thermal measurements taken in November 2000, the team thought what the size of the asteroids of the system could be.
Voorhees was an electrical engineer who specialized in thermal measurements.
"My own thermal measurements will be more stable if they're made on solid rock."
The biggest challenge for this approach is to obtain a detailed power map from the thermal measurements.
For other large TNOs, diameters can be estimated by thermal measurements.
These "infrared rays" (infra is the Latin prefix for "below") were used mainly for thermal measurement.