The Palomar planet-crossing asteroid survey, 1973-1978
Abstract
Photographic coverage of about 80,000 deg 2 of sky with the Palomar 46-cm Schmidt camera has yielded 12 new planet-crossing asteroids as well as many objects in the main asteroid belt. The estimated population of planet-crossing asteroids includes ∼100 Atens, 700 ± 300 Apollos, 1000-2000 Amors, 10,000 ± 5000 Mars crossers, and ∼5000 Mars grazers.
- Publication:
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Icarus
- Pub Date:
- December 1979
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1979Icar...40..321H
- Keywords:
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- Asteroids;
- Astronomical Photography;
- Spaceborne Photography;
- Astronomical Photometry;
- Schmidt Cameras;
- Ubv Spectra;
- ASTEROIDS;
- PLANET CROSSERS;
- TELESCOPIC OBSERVATIONS;
- SCHMIDT TELESCOPE;
- PHOTOGRAPHY;
- ULTRAVIOLET;
- PHOTOMETRY;
- TECHNIQUES;
- SURVEY;
- COMPOSITION;
- PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;
- ORIGIN;
- COLLISIONS;
- METEORITES;
- CRATERING;
- ORBITS;
- PROCEDURE;
- EQUIPMENT;
- MODELS;
- DATA REDUCTION;
- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;
- DATA;
- ABUNDANCE;
- ABSOLUTE MAGNITUDE;
- ASTEROID BELT;
- DISTRIBUTION;
- WAVELENGTHS