Worldwide photometry and lightcurve observations of 1 Ceres during the 1975-1976 apparition

Journal Article · Fri Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1983 · Icarus; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(83)90068-4· OSTI ID:6447822

Tedesco, E F; Taylor, R C; Drummond, J; Harwood, D; Nickoloff, I; Scaltriti, F

Lightcurves and UBV photometry of Ceres from the 1975-1976 apparition are presented. The synodic period is 0.37812 + or 0.00004 day, the mean absolute V magnitude is 3.61 + or 0.03, and the phase coefficient is 0.040 + or - 0.001 mag/deg. The U-B and B-V phase coefficients are +0.0015 + or - 0.0007 and +0.0006 + or - 0.0003 mag/deg, respectively. The colors at zero phase are B-V +0.70 + or - 0.01 and U-B +0.41 + or 0.01.

• Research Organization: California Inst. of Tech., Pasadena
• OSTI ID: 6447822
• Journal Information: Icarus; (United States), Vol. 54
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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