Radar observations at 3.5 and 12.6 CM wavelength of asteroid 433 Eros

Details Radar observations at 3.5 and 12.6 CM wavelength of asteroid 433 Eros Radar observations at 3.5 and 12.6 CM wavelength of asteroid 433 Eros

May 1976

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1976icar...28....1j&link_type=abstract

Icarus, vol. 28, May 1976, p. 1-15.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Radar Astronomy, Radio Spectra, Superhigh Frequencies, Surface Roughness, Astronomical Models, Bandwidth, Ellipsoids, Power Spectra, Radar Cross Sections, Radar Echoes, Ultrahigh Frequencies

Scientific paper

A study of the asteroid 433 Eros using 3.5 and 12.6 cm radar waves indicates that the surface is very much rougher than any planetary or lunar surface observed by this method. A surface completely covered with sharp edges, pits, subsurface holes, or embedded chunks with scale sizes on the order of our wavelengths seems to be indicated. A model based on a rough rotating triaxial ellipsoid having radii in the rotation equator of 18.6 and 7.9 km agrees well with our data, although a strong wobble in the apparent center frequency of the spectra as rotation progresses indicates that one side may be more reflective than the other, or more likely, that the projected axis of rotation does not equally divide the projected area.

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