Satellites of asteroids coming into vogue

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Mar 1981

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1981sci...211.1333k&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 211, Mar. 20, 1981, p. 1333-1336.

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Asteroids, Natural Satellites, Electrophotometers, Space Exploration, Stellar Occultation, Asteroids, Satellites, Observations, Occultations, Theoretical Studies, Formation, Hypotheses, Herculina Asteroid, Photoelectric Observations, Pallas Asteroid, Metis Asteroid, Binary Asteroids, Brightness, Analysis, Kleopatra Asteroid, Interferometry

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A wide-ranging discussion is presented of the theoretical and observational aspects of the 'asteroid satellite' controversy. Theoretical difficulties with this hypothetical phenomenon involve the ease with which a stellar or planetary gravitational field would, on being entered by an asteriod, quickly deprive it of its orbiting object. Observationally, the main objection is the relatively poor quality of existing, purported records of satellite-caused asteroid occultation events. A photoelectric record of a stellar occultation by the Pallas asteroid, showing a secondary occultation, is brought as evidence of an orbital companion.

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