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Radar reconnaissance of near-Earth asteroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 August 2006

Steven J. Ostro ,
Jon D. Giorgini  and
Lance A. M. Benner
Steven J. Ostro
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA email: ostro@reason.jpl.nasa.gov
Jon D. Giorgini
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA email: ostro@reason.jpl.nasa.gov
Lance A. M. Benner
Affiliation:
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California, USA email: ostro@reason.jpl.nasa.gov
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Abstract

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Radar is a uniquely powerful source of information about near-Earth asteroid (NEA) physical properties and orbits. This review consists largely of edited excerpts from Ostro and Giorgini (2004).

Keywords

Minor planetsasteroidstechniques: radar astronomy
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 2 , Symposium S236: Near Earth Objects, our Celestial Neighbors: Opportunity and Risk , August 2006 , pp. 143 - 150
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2007

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