Showing papers on "Trojan published in 1980"

Hektor: the largest highly elongated asteroid.

Abstract: New observations of Trojan asteroid 624, Hektor, in April 1979 establish that the high amplitude of the rotational light curve of this object is caused by its elongated shape and not by patches of dark and light albedo on opposing hemispheres. These observations confirm the fact that Hektor is a very unusual object and are consistent with the hypothesis that it may be a compound asteroid formed when two Trojans of comparable size fell together - a rare fossilized example of a planetary accretion process.

Dynamics of Trojan asteroids with large orbital inclination: A preliminary report

Abstract: Some Trojans have a remarkably large inclination This fact raises the question whether or not these asteroids are dynamically different from Trojans with an inclination, say smaller than 10° In this paper the author investigates the dynamics of selected Trojans Common properties and differences between highly inclined orbits and practically planar ones are discussed