Remote estimation of some asteroids' surface porosity

It has been suggested that the surface of the asteroid scattering function is the same as that of the Moon, and using phase depending shine some asteroids at phase angles α<5°, porosities were estimated in the range 0.469 < p < 0.894.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Yu. E. Navrotsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Aviation University 2012-12-01
Series:Вісник Астрономічної школи
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Online Access:http://astro.nau.edu.ua/issues/2012_V.8_Iss.2/Navrotsky.html