Studies of asteroids, comets, and Jupiter's outer satellites

Details Studies of asteroids, comets, and Jupiter's outer satellites Studies of asteroids, comets, and Jupiter's outer satellites

Aug 1988

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In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, p 21-22 (SEE N89-16624 08-89)

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Asteroid Belts, Asteroids, Astrometry, Astronomical Photometry, Comets, Jupiter Satellites, Charge Coupled Devices, Jupiter (Planet), Orbits, Spatial Distribution, Surveys

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The work comprises observational, theoretical, and computational research on asteroids, together with a smaller effort concerning the astrometry of comets and Jupiter's satellites JVI through JXIII. Two principal areas of research, centering on astrometry and photometry, are interrelated in their aim to study the overall structure of the asteroid belt and the physical and orbital properties of individual asteroids. About 2000 accurate photographic positions of asteroids and comets, including a number from the Lowell, Palomar, and Goethe-Link archival plate collections, the last of which was donated to us last winter by Indiana University were measured and published. Charge coupled device (CCD) astrometry of 36 faint targets was undertaken, including 4 comets; JVI, JVII, JVIII, JLX, JXI, and JXII; and 26 asteroids, most of which are Earth-approachers. A deep, bias-correctable asteroid survey (LUKAS), the aim of which is to determine the true spatial distribution of asteroids down to subkilometer diameters was started. A series of eight plates at the UK Schmidt telescope that contain images of asteroids as faint as V approximately 22 mag was obtained. Analysis of microdensitometric scans of two plates has shown that about 98 percent of the asteroid images could be identified completely automatically.

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