Asteroid and comet orbits using radar data

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Jan 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992aj....103..303y&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 103, Jan. 1992, p. 303-317.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

30

Asteroids, Astrometry, Comets, Orbit Calculation, Radar Data, Radar Measurement, Doppler Effect, Optical Measurement, Orbital Elements

Scientific paper

For the 30 asteroids and 4 comets for which radar astrometric data were given by Ostro (1991), orbits have been computed using both the radar and the existing optical measurements. The techniques required to process radar data in orbit determination solutions are outlined, and future radar observation opportunities for asteroids and comets are identified. For asteroids and comets that have only short intervals of optical astrometric data, the additional use of only a few radar observations allows a far more accurate extrapolation of their future motions. The use of radar data can often ensure an object's successful recovery at future earth returns and greatly assist efforts in monitoring the motions of the rapidly growing population of known near-earth objects, including their future close-earth approaches.

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