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The Alinement of Asteroid Rotation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

Joseph A. Burns
Joseph A. Burns*
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Cornell University

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Data have been accumulating since the beginning of this century that indicate that most, if not all, large asteroids have periodic lightcurves. The variations that are seen have periods of the order of several hours and can be understood as being caused by bodily rotation, accompanied by changes in shape and/or surface properties. Because corresponding color changes are usually absent, the former explanation of a variation in cross section is probably the correct one.

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Type
Part II-Origin of Asteroids Interrelations with Comets, Meteorites, and Meteors
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 257 - 262
Copyright
Copyright © NASA 1971

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