Premium
Physical properties of near‐Earth asteroids from thermal infrared observations and thermal modeling
Author(s) -
Delbó Marco,
Harris Alan W.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
meteoritics and planetary science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.09
H-Index - 100
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 1086-9379
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb01174.x
Subject(s) - asteroid , astrobiology , thermal , near earth object , thermal infrared , simple (philosophy) , earth (classical element) , infrared , geology , astronomy , physics , meteorology , philosophy , epistemology
— We review the physical principles on which asteroid thermal models are based and their application in the derivation of asteroid sizes and albedos. In particular, the use of simple thermal models to derive reliable diameters and albedos of near‐Earth asteroids is discussed.