First Results of the VLBI Experiment on Radar Location of the Asteroid 2012 DA14

An international VLBI experiment on radio location of the asteroid 2012 DA14 was organized on 2013 February 15–16, during its flyby close to Earth. The purpose of observations was to investigate and specify orbital parameters of the asteroid, as well as to evaluate its rotation period and other char...

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Main Authors: Nechaeva M., Antipenko A., Bezrukov D., Bezrukovs Vl., Dementjev A., Dugin N., Jekabsons N., Khutornoy R., Klapers M., Konovalenko A., Kulishenko V., Nabatov A., Nesteruk V., Pupillo G., Reznichenko A., Salerno E., Shmeld I., Skirmante K., Tikhomirov Yu., Voytyuk V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2013-12-01
Series:Open Astronomy
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0164