A New Determination of the Mass of (1) Ceres
Abstract
We present result for the mass of (1) Ceres, determined from its close encounter with asteroid (5303) Parijskij. Gravitational effects of (1) Ceres on the motion of (5303) Parijskij is the largest found so far. Also, we analyzed available data of close encounter with (7298) 1992 WM5.
- Publication:
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Earth Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- April 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11038-006-9124-4
- Bibcode:
- 2007EM&P..100..117K
- Keywords:
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- Asteroids;
- astrometry;
- mass determination;
- minor planets;
- numerical integration