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I suppose you could get information about the asteroid's shape?
by jessriedel 8y ago
I suppose you could get information about the asteroid's shape?
- jcims 8y agoIndeed they do. You can see some of the analysis here [1], by calculating the time period of the occultation and the transit location of the star across the body of the asteroid. I don't know how they account for rotation or how they so precisely know where the asteroid will be relative to the star. [1] https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&q=asteroid+shape+occultation https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&sa=1&q=asteroid+shape...