Discovery, Observational Data and the Orbit of the Amor Group Asteroid 2010 BT3

Abstract: A project devoted to astrometric and photometric observations of asteroids at the Molėtai Observatory is described. One of its most important results is the discovery of the asteroid 2010 BT3 belonging to the Amor group of the near-Earth objects. The results of astrometric and photometric observations of the asteroid are presented. The brightness variations of the asteroid are found to be about 0.2 mag in R. The orbit of the asteroid was computed from 96 observations. This orbit, combined with the apparent brightness, gives the absolute magnitude 21.34 mag and the diameter between 160 m and 360 m, taking albedos of S-type and C-type asteroids, respectively.

Location
Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
Extent
Online-Ressource
Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Discovery, Observational Data and the Orbit of the Amor Group Asteroid 2010 BT3 ; volume:21 ; number:3 ; year:2012 ; pages:263-270 ; extent:8
Open astronomy ; 21, Heft 3 (2012), 263-270 (gesamt 8)

Creator
Černis, K.
Zdanavičius, J.
Wlodarczyk, I.
Stonkutė, E.

DOI
10.1515/astro-2017-0385
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2405281604244.387600426594
Rights
Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
Last update
14.08.2025, 10:58 AM CEST

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  • Černis, K.
  • Zdanavičius, J.
  • Wlodarczyk, I.
  • Stonkutė, E.

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