Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2002
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2002asuai...1...12f&link_type=abstract
Astronomia. La rivista dell'Unione Astrofili Italiani (ISSN 0392-2308), N. 1, p. 12 - 18 (gennaio-febbraio 2002)
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
Minor Planets, Asteroids
Scientific paper
Astronomers interest about asteroids has rapidly grown in the last years. This work is a brief review of the actual knowledge with the aim of involving more amateur astronomers in this research. Spatial configuration of minor planets is shown with the two asteroid belts named "main belt" and "Edgeworth-Kuiper belt"; also Centaurs, Trojan and Near Earth Asteroids are identified and the potential collision with the Earth is discussed. The effect of resonances is explained. Observational contribute of amateurs: astrometry and photometry are summarized and the contribution of Italian amateurs is discussed.
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