Asteroid masses Virtual Observatory Resource

Authors
  1. Hilton J.L.
  2. Seidelmann P.K.
  3. Middour J.
  4. Published by
    CDS
Abstract

The orbits of 4583 main belt asteroids are integrated orbits for 57 years and searched for asteroid-asteroid encounters from which it may be possible to determine the masses of 23 of the largest asteroids (diameter>=200km) and 11 smaller asteroids. The search is conducted using a scattering formula which serves as a useful filter for identifying encounters that can lead to a mass determination. A total of 460 such encounters were found. The ten most useful of these encounters are examined in detail. The results show that, to make a reliable mass determination, the mean distance of the perturbed asteroid must be known to within a few times 10^-8^AU. An observing program targeting the asteroids listed here would have a substantial impact on our knowledge of asteroid masses and densities.

Keywords
  1. asteroids
Bibliographic source Bibcode
1996AJ....112.2319H
See also HTML
https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/cat/J/AJ/112/2319
IVOA Identifier IVOID
ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/112/2319
Document Object Identifer DOI
doi:10.26093/cds/vizier.51122319

Access

Web browser access HTML
http://vizier.cds.unistra.fr/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/112/2319
https://vizier.iucaa.in/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/112/2319
http://vizieridia.saao.ac.za/viz-bin/VizieR-2?-source=J/AJ/112/2319
IVOA Table Access TAP
http://tapvizier.cds.unistra.fr/TAPVizieR/tap
Run SQL-like queries with TAP-enabled clients (e.g., TOPCAT).

History

1997-12-09T20:37:24Z
Resource record created
1997-12-09T20:37:24Z
Created
2023-04-06T16:50:22Z
Updated

Contact

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Postal Address
CDS, Observatoire de Strasbourg, 11 rue de l'Universite, F-67000 Strasbourg, France
E-Mail
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