Radar images of asteroid Toutatis

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Jun 1993

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1993spfl...35..207m&link_type=abstract

Spaceflight (ISSN 0038-6340), vol. 35, no. 6, p. 207, 208.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Radar Imagery, Spaceborne Astronomy, Planetary Mapping, Planetary Surfaces, Topography, Asteroids, Toutatis, Radar Methods, Earth-Based Observations, Surface, Near Earth Asteroids, Neas, Technical Aspects, Contact Binary, Shape, Binary Systems, Size, Physical Properties, Collisions, Parameters, Origin, Formation

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Radar images of a near-Earth asteroid, Toutatis, were obtained from
earth in December 1992. The asteroid was found to be a compact binary
consisting of two irregularly shaped cratered objects and rotating with
a period of 10 and 11 days. These results carry significant implications
for understanding the origin and evolution of near-earth asteroids.

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