Asteroid masses

DOI

The orbits of 4583 main belt asteroids are integrated orbits for 57 years and searched for asteroid-asteroid encounters from which it may be possible to determine the masses of 23 of the largest asteroids (diameter>=200km) and 11 smaller asteroids. The search is conducted using a scattering formula which serves as a useful filter for identifying encounters that can lead to a mass determination. A total of 460 such encounters were found. The ten most useful of these encounters are examined in detail. The results show that, to make a reliable mass determination, the mean distance of the perturbed asteroid must be known to within a few times 10^-8^AU. An observing program targeting the asteroids listed here would have a substantial impact on our knowledge of asteroid masses and densities.

Identifier
DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.51122319
Source https://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/lp/custom/CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/112/2319
Related Identifier https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/112/2319
Related Identifier http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/112/2319
Metadata Access http://dc.g-vo.org/rr/q/pmh/pubreg.xml?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_b2find&identifier=ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/112/2319
Provenance
Creator Hilton J.L.; Seidelmann P.K.; Middour J.
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 1997
Rights https://cds.unistra.fr/vizier-org/licences_vizier.html
OpenAccess true
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Representation
Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Physics; Solar System Astronomy