The size and shape of (2) Pallas from the 1983 occultation of 1 Vulpeculae

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May 1990

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1990aj.....99.1636d&link_type=abstract

Astronomical Journal (ISSN 0004-6256), vol. 99, May 1990, p. 1636-1662.

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Asteroids, Binary Stars, Size Determination, Stellar Occultation, Astrometry, Computational Astrophysics, Electrophotometers, Visible Spectrum, Asteroids, Pallas, Physical Properties, Size, Shape, Astronomy, Dust, Occultations, Analysis, Photoelectric Methods, Photometry, Satellites, Astrometry, Earth-Based Observations, Topography, Diagrams, Techniques, Comparisons, Analysis, Parameters, Roughness

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The analysis and results of an occultation of the spectroscopic binary star 1 Vulpeculae by the asteroid (2) Pallas, observed from 130 locations, are presented. Combination of solutions from this and previous occultations shows the triaxial shape of Pallas to be elongated, but not severely, with the ratio of the largest to the smallest axes being less than 1.15. The data provide a separation and a position angle of the secondary component of 1 Vulpeculae and indicate that the star's actual parallax is probably near 0.008 arcsec, half of the published value. The analysis gives a calibration of the accuracy and the reaction time corrections for visual observations of asteroidal occultations. The absence of any confirmed secondary extinctions shows that any satellites of Pallas must be rare or small. The photometric observations seem to rule out a substantial cloud of dust surrounding Pallas postulated previously.

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