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Prediction, Observation and Analysis of Asteroid’s Close Encounters

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Dynamics of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies

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Masses of large asteroids are needed for improving modern planetary ephemerides. 239 minor planets with diameter bigger than 100 km have been selected for mass determination through close encounters with all numbered and unnumbered asteroids. To this aim, the orbits of 11000 numbered and 35000 unnumbered minor planets in the time interval 1985–2010 have been integrated. The influence of the epoch of observations and the relation between the accuracy in the mass determination and data distribution are investigated.

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  1. Astronomical Observatory of Valencia University, Valencia, Spain

    J. A. Moraño Fernandez

  2. Astronomical Observatory of Valencia University, Astronomy and Astrophysics Department, Valencia University, Valencia, Spain

    A. Lopez Garcia

  3. Astronomical Observatory of Valencia University, Valencia, Spain

    J. Pastor Erade

  4. Institute of Applied Astronomy, IAA, RAS, St.Petersburg, Russia

    Yu. D. Medvedev

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  1. Astronomical Observatory, A. Mickiewicz University, ul. Słoneczna 36, 60-286, Poznań, Poland

    Halina Pretka-Ziomek  & Edwin Wnuk  & 

  2. Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia, Univ Station, Box 3818, 22903-0818, Charlottesville, VA, USA

    P. Kenneth Seidelmann

  3. Dept. of Aerospace Engineering, University of Cincinnati, 45221-007, Cincinnati, OH, USA

    David L. Richardson

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Fernandez, J.A.M., Garcia, A.L., Erade, J.P., Medvedev, Y.D. (2001). Prediction, Observation and Analysis of Asteroid’s Close Encounters. In: Pretka-Ziomek, H., Wnuk, E., Seidelmann, P.K., Richardson, D.L. (eds) Dynamics of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1327-6_43

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