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Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002NY40
Jyril
post Sep 11 2007, 09:00 AM
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arXiv.org preprint: Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002NY40

Using the Maui Space Surveillance System a group of astronomers has managed to image the near-Earth asteroid 2002 NY40. The adaptive optics images are stunning and certainly the best visible light images of an NEA ever taken.


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post Sep 12 2007, 08:09 AM
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There is a 1km scale bar on the images - longest dimension is about 1km


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- Jyril   Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002NY40   Sep 11 2007, 09:00 AM
- - Toma B   OK .... so where can I see those "best visibl...   Sep 11 2007, 10:07 AM
- - jamescanvin   Figures are at the end of the preprint - see Figur...   Sep 11 2007, 10:35 AM
- - Jyril   Yes, sorry about that. Fraser Cain of the Univers...   Sep 11 2007, 11:04 PM
- - Jyril   QUOTE (Jyril @ Sep 11 2007, 12:00 PM) ......   Sep 11 2007, 11:06 PM
- - Toma B   Wow! really great images. I wonder what HST i...   Sep 12 2007, 06:49 AM
- - edstrick   Uh.. did anybody notice that that article nowhere ...   Sep 12 2007, 07:05 AM
- - jamescanvin   There is a 1km scale bar on the images - longest d...   Sep 12 2007, 08:09 AM
|- - tedstryk   During its close flyby, it was probably moving too...   Sep 12 2007, 10:46 AM
|- - Toma B   QUOTE (tedstryk @ Sep 12 2007, 12:46 PM) ...   Sep 12 2007, 11:18 AM
- - djellison   Yes - 2002NY40   Sep 12 2007, 11:30 AM
- - ugordan   Sooo.... it's a shape-shifter? One minute it...   Sep 12 2007, 11:32 AM
|- - tedstryk   QUOTE (ugordan @ Sep 12 2007, 11:32 AM) S...   Sep 12 2007, 02:30 PM
- - ugordan   Didn't they in fact say they were lucky to cat...   Sep 12 2007, 06:51 PM
|- - tedstryk   Those images were taken from Hawaii. There is a g...   Sep 13 2007, 12:41 AM
- - Phil Stooke   No, folks, radar works completely differently that...   Sep 13 2007, 02:24 PM
- - tedstryk   I had made the assumption that the smaller lobe wa...   Sep 13 2007, 07:34 PM

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