Shape and Spin Axis Models for 2 Pallas (Revisited) 5 Astraea, 24 Themis, and 105 Artemis
Abstract
The authors made photometric observations of 2 Pallas, 5 Astraea, 24 Themis, and 105 Artemis during favorable oppositions from 2003 to 2006. This data, along with previously published lightcurve data available through the Standard Asteroid Photometric Catalogue (SAPC) and other sources, enabled lightcurve inversion to be done to determine the spin axis orientations, the shapes, and very accurate synodic rotation periods of these four minor planets. The results are reported.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- June 2008
- Bibcode:
- 2008MPBu...35...63H