A photometric method for determining the axial orientation and shape of asteroids

Details A photometric method for determining the axial orientation and shape of asteroids A photometric method for determining the axial orientation and shape of asteroids

Oct 1979

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(Pis'ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal, vol. 5, Sept. 1979, p. 482-485.) Soviet Astronomy Letters, vol. 5, Sept.-Oct. 1979, p. 259-2

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Asteroids, Astrometry, Astronomical Photometry, Planetary Rotation, Planetary Structure, Brightness, Electrophotometry, Light Curve, Shapes

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A method is proposed for determining the orientation of the rotation axis and the shape of an asteroid on the basis of photometric observations. Two different models are considered. Application of the method to photoelectric photometry of Eros shows it to be highly effective. Asymmetry of an asteroid has been established in this manner for the first time.

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