Asteroid rotation. III - 1978 observations

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Jul 1980

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Icarus, vol. 43, July 1980, p. 20-32.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Astronomical Photometry, Electrophotometry, Planetary Rotation, Angular Velocity, Data Sampling, Light Curve, Asteroids, Rotation, Photoelectric Observations, Catalogs, Periods, Comparisons, Light Curve, Data

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Photoelectric observations of 32 asteroids observed from Table Mountain Observatory during the second half of 1978 are reported. Rotation periods were obtained for most objects. Absolute magnitudes and phase functions were not determined for any of these asteroids. The geometric mean rotation period of the 32 asteroids observed is 14.2 + or - 1.6 hr, as compared to 9.38 + or - 0.35 hr for 182 asteroids analyzed in Harris and Burns (1979). This difference is attributed to an observational selection effect which favors detection of fast rotation. If this is true, then the present sample contains the reverse bias, since it is complete in that a period (in some cases very approximate) was obtained for each object observed, but fast rotators are underrepresented due to prior discovery of their rotation properties.

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