S. Fornasier, Maria Antonella Barucci, Richard P. Binzel, Mirel Birlan, M. Fulchignoni, C. Barbieri, S. J. Bus, A. W. Harris, A. S. Rivkin, M. Lazzarin, E. Dotto, Tadeusz Michałowski, A. Doressoundiram, Ivano Bertini, N. Peixinho,
... portrait based on spectral and photometric data of 4979 Otawara, the first asteroid target of the Rosetta mission, ... this work is to investigate the composition of 4979 Otawara and to evaluate its rotation pole orientation. The ...
Tópico(s): Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
2003 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
A. Le Bras, E. Dotto, M. Fulchignoni, A. Doressoundiram, Maria Antonella Barucci, Stéphane Le Mouëlic, O. Forni, É. Quirico,
Photometric and spectroscopic observations of 140 Siwa and 4979 Otawara, targets of the Rosetta mission, have been carried ... and we confirmed the synodic rotational period of 4979 Otawara (2.707 h ± 0.005 h). The phase ... determination of the HV and GV parameters: for 4979 Otawara HV= 14.62 mag, GV=0.34; for ...
Tópico(s): Planetary Science and Exploration
2001 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
M. Pätzold, A. Wennmacher, B. Häusler, W. Eidel, Trevor Morley, N. Thomas, J. D. Anderson,
... Wirtanen, the Rosetta spacecraft will encounter the asteroids 4979 Otawara and 140 Siwa on 11 July 2006 and ...
Tópico(s): Planetary Science and Exploration
2001 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
A. Doressoundiram, P. R. Weissman, M. Fulchignoni, M. A. Barucci, A. Le Bras, F. Colas, J. Lecacheux, Mirel Birlan, M. Lazzarin, S. Fornasier, E. Dotto, C. Barbieri, M. V. Sykes, S. Larson, C. W. Hergenrother,
... determine the physical and chemical characteristics of asteroid 4979 Otawara, which is the first target of the Rosetta ... 1998 through March, 1999. The spectral classification of 4979 Otawara could be either a pyroxene and/or olivine- ... no constraint can be set on its density. 4979 Otawara is a small, fast rotating asteroid (FRA) and ...
Tópico(s): Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
1999 - EDP Sciences | Astronomy and Astrophysics
Pierfrancesco Brunello, Fabio Peron, C. Barbieri, S. Fornasier,
... asteroids of the main belt (140 Siwa and 4979 Otawara). Scientific priority of the mission is the in ...
Tópico(s): Planetary Science and Exploration
2000 - SPIE | Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE
... asteroids presently are 140 Siwa (C-type) and 4979 Otawara. An alternative interesting trajectory reaching four asteroids (5331 ...
Tópico(s): Astronomical and nuclear sciences
1999 - Elsevier BV | Advances in Space Research