2020 BX12—The Last Binary Asteroid Discovered at Arecibo
Radar observations of 2020 BX _12 conducted with the S -band planetary radar system (2380 MHz, 12.6 cm) at the Arecibo Observatory on 2020 February 4 and 5 revealed that this potentially hazardous asteroid is a binary system. Spectroscopic observations with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias on 202...
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| Main Authors: | Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin, Sean E. Marshall, Ellen S. Howell, Julia de León, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Anne K. Virkki, Jon Giorgini, Flaviane C. F. Venditti |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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IOP Publishing
2025-01-01
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| Series: | The Planetary Science Journal |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adbe39 |
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