Binary asteroids - Evidence for their existence from lightcurves

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Mar 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979sci...203..905t&link_type=abstract

Science, vol. 203, Mar. 2, 1979, p. 905-907.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Light Curve, Astronomical Photometry, Natural Satellites, Light Curve, Pales Asteroid, Ophelia Asteroid, Stars, Asteroids, Photometry, Brightness, Themis, Origin, Binary Asteroids, Minor Satellites

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The lightcurves of the asteroids 49 Pales and 171 Ophelia bear a striking resemblance to those of eclipsing binary stars. This evidence suggests that these asteroids are binary objects. Asteroids belonging to the Themis dynamical family have unusual lightcurves, possibly due to satellite events; these unusual lightcurves suggest that multiple objects may be formed during the disruption of asteroids in collisional events.

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