CCD photometry and new models of 5 minor planets

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1999-09-09

arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/9909159v1

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

8 pages, accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Suppl. Series

Scientific paper

10.1051/aas:1999115

We present new R filtered CCD observations of 5 faint and moderately faint asteroids carried out between October, 1998 and January, 1999. The achieved accuracy is between 0.01-0.03 mag, depending mainly on the target brightness. The obtained sinodic periods and amplitudes: 683 Lanzia - 4.6+/-0.2 h, 0.13 mag; 725 Amanda - >3.0 h, >=0.40 mag; 852 Wladilena - 4.62+/-0.01 h, 0.32 mag (December, 1998) and 0.27 mag (January, 1999); 1627 Ivar - 4.80+/-0.01, 0.77 mag (December, 1998) and 0.92 mag (January, 1999). The Near Earth Object 1998 PG unambiguously showed doubly-periodic lightcurve, suggesting the possibility of a relatively fast precession (P_1=1.3 h, P_2=5.3 h). Collecting all data from the literature, we determined new models for 3 minor planets. The resulting spin vectors and triaxial ellipsoids have been calculated by an amplitude-method. Sidereal periods and senses of rotation were calculated for two asteroids (683 and 1627) by a modified epoch-method. The results are: 683 - lambda_p=15/195+/-25 deg, beta_p=52+/-15 deg, a/b=1.15+/-0.05, b/c=1.05+/-0.05, P_sid=0.1964156+/-0.0000001 d, retrograde; 852 - lambda_p=30/210+/-20 deg, beta_p=30+/-10 deg, a/b=2.3+/-0.3, b/c=1.2+/-0.2; 1627 - lambda_p=145/325+/-8 deg, beta_p=34+/-6 deg, a/b=2.0+/-0.1, b/c=1.09+/-0.05, P_sid=0.1999154+/-0.0000003 d, retrograde. The obtained shape of 1627 is in good agreement with radar images by Ostro et al. (1990).

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