Slowly rotating asteroid 1999 GU(3)

Authors
Pravec, P Sarounova, L Benner, LAM Ostro, SJ Hicks, MD Jurgens, RF Giorgini, JD Slade, MA Yeomans, DK Rabinowitz, DL Krugly, YN Wolf, M
Citation
P. Pravec et al., Slowly rotating asteroid 1999 GU(3), ICARUS, 148(2), 2000, pp. 589-593
Citations number
39
Categorie Soggetti
Space Sciences
Journal title
ICARUS
ISSN journal
00191035 → ACNP
Volume
148
Issue
2
Year of publication
2000
Pages
589 - 593
Database
ISI
SICI code
0019-1035(200012)148:2<589:SRA1G>2.0.ZU;2-O
Abstract
Optical and radar observations reveal that 1999 GU(3) is subkilometer-sized object with a synodic period of 9.0 days, low visual and radar albedos, an d colors more consistent with the ordinary chondrites than the vast majorit y of main-belt asteroids, (C) 2000 Academic Press.