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Passive microwave remote sensing of the asteroids using the VLA: ContinuationThe structure and composition parameters for a selected set of the main belt asteroids were inferred by employing microwave remote sensing techniques developed for Earth observations. Precise flux density measurements made with the Very Large Array (VLA) and the 11 m mm-wave antenna of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory are used to define the microwave continuum spectra of these asteroids. These spectra were inverted in order to estimate the near-surface bulk properties (radii, roughness, composition) independent of previous optical or infrared spectroscopy.
Document ID
19870003043
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Webster, W. J., Jr. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Date Acquired
August 13, 2013
Publication Date
September 1, 1986
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Washington Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1985
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Accession Number
87N12476
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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