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| Abstract |
| Tumbling asteroids models | Peter Scheirich
| Astronomical Institute, Ondrejov
| | I present a technique of numerical modeling of non-principal axis rotators (tumblers) that simulates their double-periodic lightcurves.
The aim of this work is to derive basic parameters of the tumbling asteroid: the angular
momentum (its magnitude and direction), Euler angles describing the orientation of the asteroid at given epoch,
and its principal moments of inertia. A shape of the asteroid is approximated with a triaxial ellipsoid. The application
of the technique to lightcurve data of the tumbling asteroid 2002 TD60 is presented.
| | Presenting author: | Peter Scheirich |
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