Information on asteroid taxonomy contained in phase curves
Abstract
We report our findings on asteroid phase curves based on processing large amount of photometric data contained in the Lowell Observatory photometric database [1, 2]. We fitted phase curves [3] to about half a million asteroids contained in the database. We found homogeneity in G12 slope parameters [1] in asteroid families and correlation of G12 with asteroid taxonomic complexes [2]. We predict taxonomic complex preponderance in asteroid families based on G12 slope parameters and compare our results with those available in the literature.
- Publication:
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EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011
- Pub Date:
- October 2011
- Bibcode:
- 2011epsc.conf.1539O