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The Alinement of Asteroid Rotation
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 April 2016
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Data have been accumulating since the beginning of this century that indicate that most, if not all, large asteroids have periodic lightcurves. The variations that are seen have periods of the order of several hours and can be understood as being caused by bodily rotation, accompanied by changes in shape and/or surface properties. Because corresponding color changes are usually absent, the former explanation of a variation in cross section is probably the correct one.
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- Part II-Origin of Asteroids Interrelations with Comets, Meteorites, and Meteors
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- International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 12: Physical Studies of Minor Planets , 1971 , pp. 257 - 262
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- Copyright © NASA 1971
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