Zwicky Transient Facility Observations of Trojan Asteroids: A Thousand Colors, Rotation Amplitudes, and Phase Functions
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Abstract We introduce a new method for analyzing sparse photometric data of asteroids and apply it to Zwicky Transient Facility observations the Jupiter Trojan asteroids. This relies on creation likelihood model that includes probability distribution rotational brightness variations at an unknown rotation phase. The is analyzed via Markov Chain Monte Carlo quantify uncertainty in our parameter estimates. Using this method, we provide color, phase parameter, absolute magnitude, amplitude measurements 1049 Trojans. find correlated with color asteroid amplitudes indistinguishable from main-belt
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: The planetary science journal
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['2632-3338']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3847/psj/abc752