J/A+AS/112/125 Lightcurves of minor planets (Hainaut-Rouelle+, 1995)
Lightcurves of selected minor planets
Hainaut-Rouelle M.-C., Hainaut O.R., Detal A.
<Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 112, 125 (1995)>
=1995A&AS..112..125H 1995A&AS..112..125H (SIMBAD/NED BibCode)
ADC_Keywords: Minor planets ; Photometry, UBV
Keywords: asteroids
Description:
We present 81 photometric lightcurve of 36 minor planets observed in
the V and B bands at the ESO 50cm telescope at La Silla (Chile).
These asteroids were selected preferentially in order to improve their
ecliptic longitude coverage in view of pole determinations and lightcurve
inversions. We also give some first photometric observations and/or
rotational period for several asteroids.
File Summary:
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FileName Lrecl Records Explanations
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ReadMe 80 . This file
table1.dat 158 81 *Aspects and comparison star
table2.dat 220 40 Results (periods, colors, amplitudes...)
tables.tex 160 124 LaTeX version of tables
obs/* . 81 Lightcurves
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Note on table1.dat: this electronic version of Table 1 contains more
details than the one published in the paper.
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- MP Number of the Minor Planet (MP)
6- 16 A11 --- Name Name of the Minor Planet
18- 25 A8 "DD/MM/YY" ObsDate Observation date (1)
27- 35 F9.1 d JD Julian day of the observation
37- 38 I2 h RAh Right ascension (B1950.0)
39- 40 I2 min RAm Right ascension (B1950.0)
41- 42 I2 s RAs Right ascension (B1950.0)
44 A1 --- DE- Declination sign
45- 46 I2 deg DEd Declination (B1950.0)
47- 48 I2 arcmin DEm Declination (B1950.0)
49- 50 I2 arcsec DEs Declination (B1950.0)
52- 56 F5.1 deg ELON Ecliptic longitude
58- 62 F5.1 deg ELAT Ecliptic latitude
65- 68 F4.2 AU GeoDist Geocentric distance
71- 74 F4.2 AU HelDist Heliocentric distance
77- 81 F5.2 deg SolAng solar phase angle (Sun-MP-Earth)
83- 96 A14 --- CompStar Comparison star name
98- 99 I2 h RA*h ?CS right ascension (B1950.0)
100-101 I2 min RA*m ?CS right ascension (B1950.0)
102-107 F6.3 s RA*s ?CS right ascension (B1950.0)
109 A1 --- DE*- ?CS declination sign
110-111 I2 deg DE*d ?Declination (B1950.0)
112-113 I2 arcmin DE*m ?Declination (B1950.0)
114-118 F5.2 arcsec DE*s ?Declination (B1950.0)
121-122 A2 --- Sp CS spectral type (ZZ if unknown)
124-132 A9 --- FileName Name of observation file in "obs" subdirectory
134-136 I3 --- o_Ast Number of measurements of the asteroid
138-140 I3 --- o_Star Number of measurements of the comparison star
142-146 F5.2 mag Vmag Measured V magnitude of the comparison star
148-152 F5.2 mag B-V Measured color of the comparison star
154-158 F5.2 mag U-B Measured color of comparison star (unreliable)
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Note (1): The date refer to the UT day STARTING during the night (i.e.,
local date at the end of night)
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Byte-by-byte Description of file: table2.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- MP Asteroid number
6- 17 A12 --- Name Asteroid name
20- 23 A4 --- Class Taxonomic type
26 A1 --- l_Diam [>] Limit flag on Diam
27- 31 F5.1 km Diam []? Diameter
34 A1 --- l_Pref [>] Limit flag on Pref
35- 44 F10.7 h Pref []? Rotational period published previously
45 A1 --- n_Pref [*] Unexplained flag
46- 50 E5.0 h e_Pref []? rms uncertainty on Pref
52 A1 --- l_Pnew [>] Limit flag on Pnew
53- 60 F8.5 h Pnew []? Period computed from the lightcurve
64- 70 F7.5 h e_Pnew []? rms uncertainty on Pnew
71 A1 --- n_Pnew [*] Note for 423 Diotima (1)
73- 76 F4.2 mag B-V Nightly B-V average
79 A1 --- l_Ampli [>] Limit flag on amplitude
80- 83 F4.2 mag Ampli []? Maximum magnitude amplitude
88 A1 --- Pole [PR] note about the pole orientation (2)
91 I1 --- Group [0/4]? Priority group of the asteroid (3)
94-243 A150 --- Com Comments
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Note (1): For 423 Diotima, 3 solutions of Pnew are found, cf text
Note (2): 'P' indicates that a pole orientation was published, and
'R' that the pole orientation is highly accurate and reliable
Note (3): the groups are numbered
0 = no complete lightcurve have been published yet
1 = complete lightcurves are available for one distinct opposition
2 = complete lightcurves are available for 2 distinct oppositions
3 = complete lightcurves are available for 3 distinct oppositions
4 = more than 3 distinct oppositions and pole determination has
been performed
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Description of files: obs/*
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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2- 8 F7.4 h UT Time of observation (UT) in decimal
10- 11 I2 h UTh Observation time (UT)
14- 15 I2 min UTm Observation time (UT)
18- 19 I2 s UTs Observation time (UT)
23- 28 F6.3 mag Vmag V magnitude (1)
32- 36 F5.3 mag B-V B-V colour index
39- 44 F6.3 mag U-B U-B colour index (not reliable)
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Note (1): no phase nor geo/heliocentric distance correction
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History:
* 01-Aug-2001: tables reformatted, additions of notes, and installation
of the light curves in the "obs" subdirectory.
(End) Patricia Bauer [CDS] 08-Mar-1995