Interpretation of the light curves of minor planets

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Sep 1991

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Pis'ma v Astronomicheskii Zhurnal (ISSN 0320-0108), vol. 17, Sept. 1991, p. 850-856. In Russian.

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Computation

Asteroids, Brightness Distribution, Light Curve, Computational Astrophysics, Integral Transformations

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Minor planets are observed as luminous points of variable brightness; their luminosity is modeled by rotation. Recording of the intensity of the light flux from an asteroid as a function of time makes it possible, under several a priori assumptions, to uniquely determine an asteroid's rotation parameters and shape. Mathematically, the problem involves the inversion of an integral transformation relative to the Gaussian spherical mapping. A numerical inversion algorithm is presented as well as some results of shape reconstruction from the computer-generated light curves.

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