Observation of a secondary extinction during the occultation of SAO 114159 by (18) Melpomene.
Abstract
A secondary occultation of the fainter component of SAO 114159 was observed from Fernbank Observatory on Dec. 11, 1978, at 9h 11m UT. An interpretation consistent with the data is that the event was caused by a satellite of (18) Melpomene with a minimum diameter of 48 km.
- Publication:
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The Astronomical Journal
- Pub Date:
- February 1980
- DOI:
- 10.1086/112658
- Bibcode:
- 1980AJ.....85..174W
- Keywords:
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- Astronomical Photometry;
- Interstellar Extinction;
- Natural Satellites;
- Stellar Occultation;
- Astronomical Catalogs;
- Data Processing;
- Electrophotometry;
- Astronomy