Observation of Asteroid 4 Vesta in Vesta-86 program

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Jan 1989

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In its JPRS Report: Science and Technology. USSR: Space p 11 (SEE N89-29354 24-12) Transl. into ENGLISH from Astronomicheskiy Ve

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Asteroid Missions, Observation, Satellite Imagery, Vesta Asteroid, Astronomical Photometry, Optical Properties, Stellar Rotation, Surface Properties

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In May of 1986, the Astronomical Council of the USSR Academy of Sciences approved a national program of observations of the asteroid 4 Vesta for the opposition of 1986. The major task of the Vesta-86 program was resolution of the uncertainty of the most important characteristics of Vesta. The program yielded a large quantity of observational data, including photometry of the asteroid at 0.92 mm. Analysis of variations in several characteristics of the asteroid showed that the observations correspond to a short period of rotation of Vesta, 5.342 hr, and a surface with great optical property heterogeneity. The experience of the study of Vesta may be useful for the organization of other programs, including those related to the need for ground tracking of space missions to other bodies in the solar system.

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