Hektor - The largest highly elongated asteroid

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Feb 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980sci...207..976h&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 207, Feb. 29, 1980, p. 976-977.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Trojan Orbits, Albedo, Astronomical Models, Light Curve, Space Exploration, Asteroids, Hektor Asteroid, Trojan Asteroids, Telescopic Observations, Light Curve, Shape, Amplitude, Albedo, Accretion, Origin, Size, Models, Physical Properties, Collisions, Infrared, Comparisons, Reflectivity, Thermal Emissions, Photometry

Scientific paper

New observations of Trojan asteroid 624, Hektor, in April 1979 establish that the high amplitude of the rotational light curve of this object is caused by its elongated shape and not by patches of dark and light albedo on opposing hemispheres. These observations confirm the fact that Hektor is a very unusual object and are consistent with the hypothesis that it may be a compound asteroid formed when two Trojans of comparable size fell together - a rare fossilized example of a planetary accretion process.

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