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Coordinated observations of asteroids 1219 Britta and 1972 Yi Xing

Authors :
Binzel, Richard P
Cochran, Anita L
Barker, Edwin S
Tholen, David J
Barucci, Antonella
Source :
Icarus. 71
Publication Year :
1987
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1987.

Abstract

A coordinated observational program conducted for asteroids 1219 Britta and 1972 Yi Xing has yielded a sidereal rotation period of 5.57497 + or - 0.00013 h for the former, which has retrograde rotation and may be classified as an S-type asteroid on the basis of its spectra and albedo. The 1972 Yi Xing synodic period is found to be 14.183 + or - 0.003 h, with an observed light-curve amplitude amplitude of 0.18 mag; its five-color measurements also appear consistent with an S-type classification. A light-curve maximum absolute magnitude of 13.32 + or - 0.01 is also obtained.

Subjects

Subjects :
Astronomy

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00191035
Volume :
71
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Journal :
Icarus
Notes :
NGL-12-001-057, , NGR-44-012-152
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19870063989
Document Type :
Report
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(87)90169-2