Radar detection of Vesta

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Aug 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980icar...43..169o&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 43, Aug. 1980, p. 169-171.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Radar Astronomy, Radar Echoes, Vesta Asteroid, Planetary Rotation, Power Spectra, Radar Cross Sections, Superhigh Frequencies, Asteroids, Vesta Asteroid, Radar Observations, Bandwidths, Spectrum, Doppler Observations, Parameters, Procedure, Astronomy

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Asteroid 4 Vesta was detected on November 6, 1979 with the Arecibo Observatory's S-band (12.6-cm-wavelength) radar. The echo power spectrum, received in the circular polarization opposite to that transmitted, yields a radar cross section of (0.2 + or - 0.1)pi a-squared, for a = 272 km. The data are too noisy to permit derivation of Vesta's rotation period.

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