Peculiar shapes of asteroids - Implications for light curves and periods of rotation

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Nov 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980m%26p....23..345z&link_type=abstract

Moon and the Planets, vol. 23, Nov. 1980, p. 345-353.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Light Curve, Solar Orbits, Astronomical Models, Ellipsoids, Parallelepipeds, Planetary Evolution, Pyramidal Bodies, Surface Roughness Effects

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Some simple geometrical models of asteroids with theoretical light curves similar to observed ones are presented; the models include a parallelepiped, a triangular prism, a pyramid, a truncated sphere, and a truncated ellipsoid. In some cases the results suggest rotation periods to be double those obtained from biaxial and triaxial ellipsoid models. A possible model for asteroids with light curves resembling those of eclipsing binary stars is also given.

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