期刊
ICARUS
卷 207, 期 1, 页码 285-294出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.011
关键词
Asteroids; Radar observations
资金
- National Science Foundation (NSF) [AST-0205975]
- NASA
Arecibo radar images of Iris obtained in November 2006 reveal a topographically complex object whose gross shape is approximately ellipsoidal with equatorial dimensions within 15% of 253 x 228 km. The radar view of Iris was restricted to high southern latitudes, precluding reliable estimation of Iris' entire 3D shape, but permitting accurate reconstruction of southern hemisphere topography. The most prominent features, three roughly 50-km-diameter concavities almost equally spaced in longitude around the south pole, are probably impact craters. In terms of shape regularity and fractional relief, Iris represents a plausible transition between similar to 50-km-diameter asteroids with extremely irregular overall shapes and very large concavities, and very much larger asteroids (Ceres and Vesta) with very regular, nearly convex shapes and generally lacking monumental concavities. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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