Mapping and Geodesy of Small Solar System Bodies

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Dec 2002

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002agufm.p22d..05t&link_type=abstract

American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting 2002, abstract #P22D-05

Physics

1227 Planetary Geodesy And Gravity (5420, 5714, 6019), 5464 Remote Sensing

Scientific paper

Small satellites, asteroids, and cometary nuclei whose shapes are not gravitationally relaxed present distinct problems in development of maps and shape models. Objects less than about 100 km radius generally have shapes that are primarily determined by impact processes, thus simple analytic representations of their shapes is not possible. The frequently rough topography on these objects places practical limits on coverage by imaging. Development of shape models by imaging stereogrammetry and more recently with laser altimetry has provided important insights into the "geology" of these small bodies.

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