Published September 2010 | Version v1
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THE MASS OF (4) VESTA DERIVED FROM ITS LARGEST GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS

Creators

  • 1. Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade (Serbia)
  • 2. Institute of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, P.O. 162, 1000 Skopje (Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of)

Description

In this paper, we present a recalculated value of the mass of (4) Vesta, derived from its largest gravitational perturbations on selected asteroids during their mutual close encounters. This was done by using a new method for mass determination, which is based on the linking of pre-encounter observations to the orbit determined from post-encounter ones. The estimated weighted mean of the mass of (4) Vesta is (1.300 ± 0.001) x 10-10 Msun.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/140/3/880

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1088/0004-6256/140/3/880;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)
Journal Volume
140
Journal Issue
3
Journal Page Range
p. 880-886
ISSN
1538-3881

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
42043757
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTEROIDS; MASS; ORBITS; PERTURBATION THEORY; PLANETS