Spin-Shape Model for 50 Virginia
Abstract
We present a shape and spin axis model for main-belt asteroid 50 Virginia. The model was achieved with the lightcurve inversion process, using combined dense photometric data acquired from seven apparitions between 1995-2020 and sparse data from USNO Flagstaff. Analysis of the resulting data found a sidereal period P = 14.31233 ± 0.00005 h and two mirrored pole solutions (ecliptic coordinates) at (l, b) = (112°, 41°) and (295°, 47°) with an uncertainty of ± 10 degrees.
- Publication:
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Minor Planet Bulletin
- Pub Date:
- October 2020
- Bibcode:
- 2020MPBu...47..272F
- Keywords:
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- Minor Planets;
- Asteroids;
- Light Curves;
- Photometry;
- Periods