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Distribution of NEA Spin Axis Obliquities from Measured Thermal Accelerations

Publication at Faculty of Mathematics and Physics |
2008

Abstract

We report on the results of a comprehensive analysis of transverse nongravitational accelerations among the NEA population. The approach is to estimate the best-fitting transverse acceleration on the asteroid, from which the orbit-averaged semimajor axis drift rate can be computed, along with its uncertainty.