On the prograde rotation of asteroids

Details On the prograde rotation of asteroids On the prograde rotation of asteroids

Dec 1977

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1977icar...32..458h&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 32, Dec. 1977, p. 458-460.

Physics

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Asteroids, Planetary Rotation, Ceres Asteroid, Diameters, Spin Dynamics, Vesta Asteroid

Scientific paper

Sets of diameter determinations before and after opposition for the
asteroids Ceres, Pallas, Vesta, and Fortuna have been studied
statistically for indications of spin direction. All four asteroids are
tentatively found to have prograde spin. For Ceres, that conclusion is
virtually certain.

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