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February 15, 2017Astronomy and Astrophysics100 citationsOpen Access

Volumes and bulk densities of forty asteroids from ADAM shape modeling

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JHJ. HanušCharles UniversityMVM. ViikinkoskiTampere UniversityFMFranck MarchisNetApp (United States)

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Context. Disk-integrated photometric data of asteroids do not contain accurate information on shape details or size scale. Additional data such as disk-resolved images or stellar occultation measurements further constrain asteroid shapes and allow size estimates. Aims. We aim to use all the available disk-resolved images of approximately forty asteroids obtained by the Near-InfraRed Camera (Nirc2) mounted on the W.M. Keck II telescope together with the disk-integrated photometry and stellar occultation measurements to determine their volumes. We can then use the volume, in combination with the known mass, to derive the bulk density. Methods. We downloaded and processed all the asteroid disk-resolved images obtained by the Nirc2 that are available in the Keck Observatory Archive (KOA). We combined optical disk-integrated data and stellar occultation profiles with the disk-resolved images and use the All-Data Asteroid Modeling (ADAM) algorithm for the shape and size modeling. Our approach provides constraints on the expected uncertainty in the volume and size as well.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/6a04d9867a9ae41b01ef831bhttps://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201629956
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