Uncertainties in determining asteroid rotational periods

Uncertainties in determining asteroid rotational periods

Karolina Dziadura and Dagmara Oszkiewicz

The goal of this work is to estimate the relationship between asteroid rotational period uncertainty and following quanatities: lightcurve amplitude, number of nights the object was observed, photometric uncertainty of a single measurement. Assessing these relationships is crucial for planning future observations.

Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, vol. 7, 129-131 (2018)

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