Minor planets and related objects. XXIV - Photometric observations for /5/ Astraea
Five light curves of (5) Astraea are presented along with UBV photometric results and analyses of the pole orientation, sidereal period, sense of rotation, and color coefficients. A sidereal period of 16 hr 48 min 43.60 sec (+ or - 0.03 sec) with a retrograde sense of rotation is adopted as well as...
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1978
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| Online Access: | http://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=19780041388 |
| Summary: | Five light curves of (5) Astraea are presented along with UBV photometric results and analyses of the pole orientation, sidereal period, sense of rotation, and color coefficients. A sidereal period of 16 hr 48 min 43.60 sec (+ or - 0.03 sec) with a retrograde sense of rotation is adopted as well as a North Pole position at +9 deg (+ or 1 deg) latitude and 148 deg (+ or - 3 deg) ecliptic longitude. It is noted that an amplitude-aspect plot indicates an amplitude of the order of 0.37 magnitude for an equatorial-aspect light curve of Astraea |
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