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Radar and Optical Observations of Asteroid 1998 KY26Observations of near-Earth asteroid 1998 KY26 shortly after its discovery reveal a slightly elongated spheroid with a diameter of about 30 m, a composition analogous to carbonaceous chondritic meteorites, and a rotation period of 10.7 minutes, which is an order of magnitude shorter that that measured for any other solar system object.
Document ID
20060040710
Acquisition Source
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
External Source(s)
hdl:2014/17580
Authors
Ostro, S.
Pravec, P.
Benner, L.
Hudson, R.
Sarounova, L.
Hicks, M.
Rabinowitz, D.
Scotti, J.
Tholen, D.
Wolf, M.
Jurgens, R.
Thomas, M.
Giorgini, J.
Chodas, P.
Yeomans, D.
Rose, R.
Frye, R.
Rosema, K.
Winkler, R.
Slade, M.
Date Acquired
August 23, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1999
Publication Information
Publication: Science
Subject Category
Communications And Radar
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
radar asteroids near-Earth Asteroid 1998 KY26

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