Published August 1980 | Version v1
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Radar detection of Vesta

Creators

  • 1. Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y.
  • 2. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center
  • 3. National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center, Arecibo, P.R.
  • 4. MIT, Cambridge, Mass.

Description

Asteroid 4 Vesta was detected on November 6, 1979 with the Arecibo Observatory's S-band (12.6-cm-wavelength) radar. The echo power spectrum, received in the circular polarization opposite to that transmitted, yields a radar cross section of (0.2 + or - 0.1)pi a-squared, for a 272 km. The data are too noisy to permit derivation of Vesta's rotation period

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Icarus
Journal Volume
43
Series
Icarus.
Journal Page Range
169-171
ISSN
0019-1035

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
13697792
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTEROIDS; CROSS SECTIONS; RADAR; RADIOWAVE RADIATION; ROTATION
Descriptors DEC
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; RADIATIONS