New mass determination of (15) Eunomia based on a very close encounter with (50278) 2000CZ12

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Aldo Vitagliano · Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Sezione di Napoli

R. Stoss · Astronomical Observatory of Mallorca

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Aims.The possibility of determining the mass of large asteroids (other than Ceres, Pallas, and Vesta) from recent close encounters with smaller bodies has been investigated, and a new and more accurate determination of the mass of the asteroid (15) Eunomia is presented.

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Astro and Planetary Science Astronomical and nuclear sciences Isotope Analysis in Ecology

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Published in: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volume 455, Issue 3, pp. L29-L31

DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20065760

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New mass determination of (15) Eunomia based on a very close encounter with (50278) 2000CZ12

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