THE MASS OF (4) VESTA DERIVED FROM ITS LARGEST GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS

Journal Article · Wed Sep 15 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0004-6256/140/3/880· OSTI ID:21448962

Kuzmanoski, Mike; Novakovic, Bojan ^[1]; Apostolovska, Gordana ^[2]

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1. Department of Astronomy, Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade, Studentski trg 16, 11000 Belgrade (Serbia)
2. Institute of Physics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ss. Cyril and Methodius University, P.O. 162, 1000 Skopje (Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of)

In this paper, we present a recalculated value of the mass of (4) Vesta, derived from its largest gravitational perturbations on selected asteroids during their mutual close encounters. This was done by using a new method for mass determination, which is based on the linking of pre-encounter observations to the orbit determined from post-encounter ones. The estimated weighted mean of the mass of (4) Vesta is (1.300 {+-} 0.001) x 10{sup -10} M{sub sun}.

• OSTI ID: 21448962
• Journal Information: Astronomical Journal (New York, N.Y. Online), Vol. 140, Issue 3; Other Information: DOI: 10.1088/0004-6256/140/3/880; ISSN 1538-3881
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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