Direct Detection of the Yarkovsky Effect by Radar Ranging to Asteroid 6489 Golevka

Steven R. Chesley; Steven J. Ostro; David Vokrouhlický; David Čapek; Jon D. Giorgini; Michael C. Nolan; Jean-Luc Margot; Alice A. Hine; Lance A. M. Benner; Alan B. Chamberlin

doi:10.1126/science.1091452

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Direct Detection of the Yarkovsky Effect by Radar Ranging to Asteroid 6489 Golevka

Steven R. Chesley et al. (2003)

Published: Dec 5, 2003
Journal: Science · Vol. 302 · No. 5651
DOI: 10.1126/science.1091452

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Arecibo radar ranging of NEA 6489 Golevka (diameter ~ 0.5 km) confirms the presence of Yarkovsky-driven orbital drift. This non-gravitational perturbation was isolated by comparing the asteroid's observed trajectory against purely Newtonian dynamical models.

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