Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002NY40

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2007-09-07

arxiv.org/abs/0709.0984v1

Icarus, Volume 192, Issue 2, p. 469-474, 2007

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.007

In August 2002, the near-Earth asteroid 2002 NY40, made its closest approach to the Earth. This provided an opportunity to study a near-Earth asteroid with a variety of instruments. Several of the telescopes at the Maui Space Surveillance System were trained at the asteroid and collected adaptive optics images, photometry and spectroscopy. Analysis of the imagery reveals the asteroid is triangular shaped with significant self-shadowing. The photometry reveals a 20-hour period and the spectroscopy shows that the asteroid is a Q-type.

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