Open Astronomy (Dec 2013)
First Results of the VLBI Experiment on Radar Location of the Asteroid 2012 DA14
- Nechaeva M.,
- Antipenko A.,
- Bezrukov D.,
- Bezrukovs Vl.,
- Dementjev A.,
- Dugin N.,
- Jekabsons N.,
- Khutornoy R.,
- Klapers M.,
- Konovalenko A.,
- Kulishenko V.,
- Nabatov A.,
- Nesteruk V.,
- Pupillo G.,
- Reznichenko A.,
- Salerno E.,
- Shmeld I.,
- Skirmante K.,
- Tikhomirov Yu.,
- Voytyuk V.
Affiliations
- Nechaeva M.
- Radiophysical Research Institute, B. Pecherskaya str., 25/12a, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation
- Antipenko A.
- Radiophysical Research Institute, B. Pecherskaya str., 25/12a, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation
- Bezrukov D.
- Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre”, Ventspils University College, Inženieru str., 101, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
- Bezrukovs Vl.
- Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre”, Ventspils University College, Inženieru str., 101, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
- Dementjev A.
- Radiophysical Research Institute, B. Pecherskaya str., 25/12a, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation
- Dugin N.
- Radiophysical Research Institute, B. Pecherskaya str., 25/12a, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation
- Jekabsons N.
- Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre”, Ventspils University College, Inženieru str., 101, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
- Khutornoy R.
- National Space Facilities Control and Test Centre, Vityno village, Saky district, Crimea, Ukraine
- Klapers M.
- Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre”, Ventspils University College, Inženieru str., 101, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
- Konovalenko A.
- Institute of Radio Astronomy, Chervonopraporna str. 4, Kharkiv, 310002, Ukraine
- Kulishenko V.
- Institute of Radio Astronomy, Chervonopraporna str. 4, Kharkiv, 310002, Ukraine
- Nabatov A.
- Institute of Radio Astronomy, Chervonopraporna str. 4, Kharkiv, 310002, Ukraine
- Nesteruk V.
- National Space Facilities Control and Test Centre, Vityno village, Saky district, Crimea, Ukraine
- Pupillo G.
- Istituto di Radioastronomia - INAF, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129, Bologna, Italy
- Reznichenko A.
- Institute of Radio Astronomy, Chervonopraporna str. 4, Kharkiv, 310002, Ukraine
- Salerno E.
- Istituto di Radioastronomia - INAF, Via Gobetti 101, I-40129, Bologna, Italy
- Shmeld I.
- Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre”, Ventspils University College, Inženieru str., 101, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
- Skirmante K.
- Engineering Research Institute “Ventspils International Radioastronomy Centre”, Ventspils University College, Inženieru str., 101, Ventspils, LV-3601, Latvia
- Tikhomirov Yu.
- Radiophysical Research Institute, B. Pecherskaya str., 25/12a, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950, Russian Federation
- Voytyuk V.
- National Space Facilities Control and Test Centre, Vityno village, Saky district, Crimea, Ukraine
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/astro-2017-0164
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 22,
no. 4
pp. 341 – 346
Abstract
An international VLBI experiment on radio location of the asteroid 2012 DA14 was organized on 2013 February 15–16, during its flyby close to Earth. The purpose of observations was to investigate and specify orbital parameters of the asteroid, as well as to evaluate its rotation period and other characteristics. The irradiation of the asteroid was performed by the RT-70 transmitter at Evpatoria (Crimea, Ukraine), while the reflected signals were successfully accepted by the two 32 m radio telescopes at Medicina (Bologna, Italy) and Irbene (Ventspils, Latvia). Processing and interpretation of the data were performed both in the Radiophysical Research Institute at Nizhny Novgorod and in the Ventspils International Radio Astronomy Center. The first results of this experiment are presented and discussed.
Keywords
- instrumentation: interferometers, very long baseline interferometry
- methods: observational
- techniques: interferometric, radar astronomy
- ephemeris
- asteroid 2012 da14
