Preliminary Mapping of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis

Details Preliminary Mapping of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Preliminary Mapping of Asteroid 4179 Toutatis

Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27.1283s&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 1283

Physics

Asteroids, Cartography, Radar Images, Shape Modelling, Toutatis

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The Small Body Mapping Program is being extended to include asteroids resolved by delay-Doppler radar. An experimental shape model and map of 4769 Castalia is described by Stooke P. J., but the radar data for Castalia barely warranted mapping except to build experience and to address issues such as suitable map projections for two-lobed objects. The first object for which well resolved delay-Doppler images were obtained is 4179 Toutatis. Preliminary work included shape and preliminary mapping. Toutatis radar images can be superimposed on the shape model for conventional mapping, but some must be mirror-reversed from their published orientation. This body may possess grooves like those of Phobos, Gaspra and Ida.

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