VLT/SPHERE- and ALMA-based shape reconstruction of asteroid (3) Juno
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Original language | English |
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Article number | L3 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Volume | 581 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2015 |
Publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Abstract
We use the recently released Atacama Large Millimeter Array (ALMA) and VLT/SPHERE science verification data, together with earlier adaptive-optics images, stellar occultation, and lightcurve data to model the 3D shape and spin of the large asteroid (3) Juno with the all-data asteroid modelling (ADAM) procedure. These data set limits on the plausible range of shape models, yielding reconstructions suggesting that, despite its large size, Juno has sizable unrounded features moulded by non-gravitational processes such as impacts.
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Keywords
- Instrumentation: adaptive optics, Instrumentation: interferometers, Methods: numerical, Minor planets, asteroids: individual: (3) Juno