Shapes and Pole Orientations of Asteroids (360) Carlova and (209) Dido
Abstract
Several light-curves of asteroid (360) Carlova and (209) Dido in different epochs were analyzed to determine shapes and pole orientations by means of AM-method and least squares method. New values of a/b, b/c, λp and βp for asteroid (360) Carlova were obtained, which are 1.52°, 1.5°, 120 ± 6° and 66 ± 7°, respectively. We report a first determination of the parameters of (209) Dido which are 1.3°, 1.1°, 221 ± 6° and 37 ± 3°, respectively.
- Publication:
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Earth Moon and Planets
- Pub Date:
- December 2007
- DOI:
- 10.1007/s11038-008-9229-z
- Bibcode:
- 2007EM&P..101..189Z
- Keywords:
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- Asteroid;
- Light-curve;
- Shape;
- Pole orientation