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@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-06-15 11:28:36

Orbits of very distant #asteroid satellites: aanda.org/articles/aa/full_htm -> "The very wide binary asteroid (VWBA) population is a small subset of the population of known binary and multiple asteroids made of systems with very widely orbiting satellites and long orbital periods, on the order of tens to hundreds of days. The origin of these systems is debatable, and most members of this population are poorly characterized."

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-05-30 23:21:22

Main belt asteroid mass estimation from high-precision astrometry: #Asteroid Masses: eos.org/articles/the-late-grea - astronomers are using data from the recently decommissioned star-mapping satellite to help determine masses and more accurate orbits of celestial bodies closer to home.

@cosmos4u@scicomm.xyz
2025-07-03 22:35:00

The #asteroid discoveries during the commissioning of the #Rubin Observatory - 343,760 observations under station code X05, corresponding to 2103 unique objects, were submitted of which 2096 were indeed unknown, including 5 #NEOs - explained in great detail in minorplanetcenter.net/media/ne on pages 1-5.