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Query: Evidence for a colour dependence in the size distribution of main belt
  asteroids   We present the results of a project to detect small (~1 km) main-belt
asteroids with the 3.6 meter Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope (CFHT). We observed
in 2 filters (MegaPrime g' and r') in order to compare the results in each
band. Owing to the observational cadence we did not observe the same asteroids
through each filter and thus do not have true colour information. However
strong differences in the size distributions as seen in the two filters point
to a colour-dependence at these sizes, perhaps to be expected in this regime
where asteroid cohesiveness begins to be dominated by physical strength and
composition rather than by gravity. The best fit slopes of the cumulative size
distributions (CSDs) in both filters tend towards lower values for smaller
asteroids, consistent with the results of previous studies. In addition to this
trend, the size distributions seen in the two filters are distinctly different,
with steeper slopes in r' than in g'. Breaking our sample up according to
semimajor axis, the difference between the filters in the inner belt is found
to be somewhat less pronounced than in the middle and outer belt, but the CSD
of those asteroids seen in the r' filter is consistently and significantly
steeper than in g' throughout. The CSD slopes also show variations with
semimajor axis within a given filter, particularly in r'. We conclude that the
size distribution of main belt asteroids is likely to be colour dependent at
kilometer sizes and that this dependence may vary across the belt.

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