Two-Period Lightcurves of 1996 FG3, 1998 PG, and (5407) 1992 AX: One Probable and Two Possible Binary Asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 190-203

  Pravec, Petr ^a   Šarounová, Lenka ^a   Rabinowitz, David L ^b   Hicks, Michael D ^b   Wolf, Marek ^c   Krugly, Yurij N ^d   Velichko, Fiodor P ^d   Shevchenko, Vasilij G ^d   Chiorny, Vasilij G ^d   Gaftonyuk, Ninel M ^e   Genevier, Guy ^f  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^e CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

^f PASADENA CITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binary asteroids; Two period lightcurves

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000027081     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6375     Document Type: Article

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