Basis functions and uniqueness in orbit-averaged population analysis of asteroids [EPA]

http://arxiv.org/abs/2005.06200


Time-resolved photometry of asteroids can be used for shape and spin reconstruction. If the number of measurements per asteroid is not sufficient to create a model, the whole data set can be used to reconstruct the distribution of shape elongations and pole latitudes in the population. This is done by reconstructing amplitudes of lightcurves that are estimated from dispersion of points observed at (assumed) constant aspect angle. Here, we formulate orbit-averaged approach where the observable is the orbit-averaged dispersion of brightness.

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M. Kaasalainen and J. Durech
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