Asteroid spin-rate studies using large sky-field surveys

Asteroid spin-rate studies using large sky-field surveys

Abstract Eight campaigns to survey asteroid rotation periods have been carried out using the intermediate Palomar Transient Factory in the past 3 years. 2780 reliable rotation periods were obtained, from which we identified two new super-fast rotators (SFRs), (335433) 2005 UW163 and (40511) 1999 RE8...

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Main Authors: Chan-Kao Chang, Hsing-Wen Lin, Wing-Huen Ip, Thomas A. Prince, Shrinivas R. Kulkarni, David Levitan, Russ Laher, Jason Surace
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2017-09-01
Series:Geoscience Letters
Subjects:
Minor planets
Asteroids: general – surveys
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40562-017-0082-7

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