The diameter of Juno from its occultation of AG + 0 deg 1022
Abstract
The occultation on Dec. 11, 1979, of AG + 0 deg 1022 by Juno was observed photoelectrically from 15 sites distributed across the occultation track. The observations are well represented by a mean elliptical limb profile having semimajor and semiminor axes of 145.2 + or 0.8 and 122.8 + or - 1.9 km, respectively. The corresponding effective diameter of Juno is 267 + or - 5 km, where the uncertainty has been conservatively increased to reflect the presence of limb irregularities clearly seen in the observations. Published radiometric and polarimetric diameters for Juno are 6% to 7% smaller than the occultation result. No secondary occultations attributable to possible satellites of Juno were recorded at any of 23 photoelectrically equipped observing sites.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 1981
- DOI:
- 10.1086/112889
- Bibcode:
- 1981AJ.....86..306M
- Keywords:
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- Albedo;
- Asteroids;
- Diameters;
- Ellipticity;
- Size Determination;
- Stellar Occultation;
- Astrometry;
- Electrophotometers;
- Light Curve;
- Submerging;
- Visual Observation;
- Astronomy