Photometric and Radar Observations of 2005 AB: A New Binary Near-Earth Asteroid (original) (raw)
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- Dyvig, R. R. ;
- Pravec, P. ;
- Kusnirak, P. ;
- Kornos, L. ;
- Vilagi, J. ;
- Galad, A. ;
- Gajdos, S. ;
- Pray, D. P. ;
- Benner, L. A. M. ;
- Nolan, M. C. ;
- Giorgini, J. D. ;
- Ostro, S. J. ;
- Abell, P. A.
Abstract
An estimated 15% of the NEA population are binaries. To better understand asynchronous binaries, a photometric survey was launched in 2004. We present photometric and radar observations of 2005 AB, the first binary discovered as part of the survey.
Publication:
37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
Pub Date:
March 2006
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