J. Durech

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the lightcurve inversion method to obtain rotation parameters and coarse shape models of selected asteroids, which can be derived from disc-integrated photometry.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the lightcurve inversion method to model the shape and spin state of Geographos and obtained an excellent agreement between the model and observations, with the best-fit value υ = (1.15 ± 0.15) × 10 −8 rad d −2.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used the lightcurve inversion method to derive new shape models and spin states of asteroids from the sparse-in-time photometry compiled in the Lowell Photometric Database.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors used the lightcurve inversion method to model the shape and spin state of Geographos and obtained an excellent agreement between the model and observations, with the best-fit value υ = (1.15 ± 0.15) × 10 −8 rad d −2.

TL;DR: The spin state of small asteroids can change on a long timescale by the Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) effect, the net torque that arises from anisotropic scattered sunlight and proper thermal radiation from an irregularly-shaped asteroid as discussed by the authors.