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Surface Mapping of Earth-like Exoplanets using Single Point Light Curves
Published on: May 10, 2020
LIGHTCURVE PHOTOMETRY OPPORTUNITIES: 2019 APRIL-JUNE
Brian D Warner1, Alan W Harris2, Josef Ďurech3
1Center for Solar System Studies / MoreData!, 446 Sycamore Ave., Eaton, CO 80615 USA.
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We present lists of asteroid photometry opportunities for objects reaching a favorable apparition and have no or poorly-defined lightcurve parameters. Additional data on these objects will help with shape and spin axis modeling via lightcurve inversion. We also include lists of objects that will or might be radar targets. Lightcurves for these objects can help constrain pole solutions and/or remove rotation period ambiguities that might not come from using radar data alone.
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