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Discovery of the Moon of Asteroid (4337) Arecibo
Discovery of the Moon of Asteroid (4337) Arecibo
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams
The discovery was announced via the Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams on June 20, 2021 as Electronic Telegram No 4981. Note that a subscription may be required to access the published document.
Paper for The Minor Planet Bulletin
Paper for The Minor Planet Bulletin
A paper has been published in Volume 49 (Jan-Mar 2022) of The Minor Planet Bulletin.
Download Volume 49 Issue 1 (Paper begins on page 3).
Authors of the paper are:
Dave Gault - Trans Tasman Occultation Alliance
Peter Nosworthy - Trans Tasman Occultation Alliance
Richard Nolthenius - Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA, USA and IOTA
Kirk Bender - Cabrillo College, Santa Cruz, CA, USA
Dave Herald - Trans Tasman Occultation Alliance
Tanga et al. Data Release 3: The Solar System Survey
Tanga et al. Data Release 3: The Solar System Survey
A paper on Arxiv.org by Tanga et al. cites our paper in the Minor Planet Bulletin.
Section 5.2.1 discusses Binary systems. It starts on page 15, and spends two pages on Arecibo with a detailed analysis. It includes a fit of the derived orbit to the two occultation events.
Download in PDF (Arecibo is discussed starting near the end of page 15).
Asteroid (4337) Arecibo: Two ice-rich bodies forming a binary (Based on Gaia astrometric data)
Asteroid (4337) Arecibo: Two ice-rich bodies forming a binary (Based on Gaia astrometric data)
Journal for Occultation Astronomy
Journal for Occultation Astronomy
The Journal for Occultation Astronomy has published an item summarising our presentation, in July 2021, to the 39th Annual Meeting of the International Occultation Timing Association.
Download JOA Issue 2022-1 (Item begins on page 38).
Wikipedia Article
Wikipedia Article
There is a Wikipedia page for the asteroid (4337) Arecibo. The page covers our discovery of the asteroid's moon.
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