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Slowly rotating asteroid 1999 GU/sub 3Optical and radar observations reveal that 1999 GU3 is subkilometer-sized object with a synodic period of 9.0 days, low visual and radar albedos, and colors more consistent with the ordinarychondrites than the vast majority of main-belt asteroids.
Document ID
20060032694
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
Authors
Pravec, P.
Sarounova, L.
Benner, L. A. M.
Ostro, S. J.
Hicks, M. D.
Jurgens, R. F.
Giorgini, J. D.
Slade, M. A.
Yeomans, D. K.
Rabinowitz, D. L.
Krugly, Y. N.
Wolf, M.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2000
Publication Information
Publication: ICARUS
Volume: 148
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
asteroids rotation photometry radar

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