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1. Sizes and Albedos of the Larger Asteroids

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

D. Morrison

Abstract

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The purpose of the present paper is to review all asteroid diameter measurements, current through mid-1976, and to combine them in a consistent way to give the best available estimates for a sample totalling 187 objects. From these diameters it is possible to determine the size-distributions of minor planets down to diameters of 50 km in the inner belt and 100 km in the outer belt. The associated albedos further indicate the distribution of objects of the C, S, and M classes throughout the belt.

Type
Part IV. Physical Nature of Asteroids
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 39: Comets, Asteroids, Meteorites: Interrelations, Evolution and Origins , December 1977 , pp. 177 - 184
Copyright
Copyright © A.H. Delsemme 1977

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