A closer look at main belt asteroids 1: WF/PC images

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Feb 2005

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2005icar..173..409s&link_type=abstract

Icarus, Volume 173, Issue 2, p. 409-416.

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We present new reconstructions of images of main belt Asteroids 9 Metis, 18 Melpomene, 19 Fortuna, 216 Kleopatra, and 624 Hektor, made with the uncorrected Wide-Field/Planetary Camera (WF/PC) on the Hubble Space Telescope (HST). Deconvolution with the MISTRAL algorithm demonstrates that these asteroids are clearly resolved. We determine diameters, albedos, and lower limits to axial ratios for these bodies. We also review the process used to restore the aberrated images. No surface features or companions are found, but the rotation of 216 Kleopatra is clearly seen. The asteroidal albedos are similar to those determined by other procedures.

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