BINARY ASTEROIDS - EVIDENCE FOR THEIR EXISTENCE FROM LIGHTCURVES

被引：26

作者：

TEDESCO, EF

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来源：

SCIENCE | 1979年 / 203卷 / 4383期

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D O I：

10.1126/science.203.4383.905

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

The lightcurves of the asteroids 49 Pales and 171 Ophelia bear a striking resemblance to those of eclipsing binary stars. This evidence suggests that these asteroids are binary objects. Asteroids belonging to the Themis dynamical family have unusual lightcurves, possibly due to satellite events; these unusual lightcurves suggest that multiple objects may be formed during the disruption of asteroids in collisional events.

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页码：905 / 907

页数：3

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