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  \caption {\label{tab:nirphotom}Near-infrared photometry from Gemini+NIRI (this work) and near-infrared published colors from Orcus.}     
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UT date         &$J\pm\sigma$  &$H\pm\sigma$  &$K{\rm s}\pm\sigma$ &$J-H\pm \sigma$ &$H-K\pm\sigma$ & Reference\\
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2005--02--20	&17.86~$\pm$~0.08	&17.73~$\pm$~0.05	&17.82~$\pm$~0.05	&0.14~$\pm$~0.10	&--0.09~$\pm$~0.07 & This paper\\
2005--02--21	&17.82~$\pm$~0.04	&17.70~$\pm$~0.04	&17.81~$\pm$~0.04	&0.12~$\pm$~0.07	&--0.11~$\pm$~0.06 & This paper\\
2005--02--22	&17.85~$\pm$~0.05	&17.74$\pm$0.05	&17.77~$\pm$~0.06	&0.11~$\pm$~0.07	&--0.03$\pm$0.08 & This paper\\
Average         &17.84~$\pm$~0.11 &17.72~$\pm$~0.09	&17.80~$\pm$~0.08	&0.12~$\pm$~0.14	&--0.08~$\pm$~0.12 & This paper\\
Aver. 2004-04-11 to 21 &--- &--- &---                                                 &0.13~$\pm$~0.05          &0.04~$\pm$~0.050 &\cite{deBergh+05}\\
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