The albedo and diameter of 1862 Apollo

L. A. Lebofsky; G. J. Veeder; G. H. Rieke; M. J. Lebofsky; D. L. Matson; C. Kowal; C. G. Wynn-Williams; E. E. Becklin

doi:10.1016/0019-1035(81)90114-7

The albedo and diameter of 1862 Apollo

L. A. Lebofsky, G. J. Veeder, G. H. Rieke, M. J. Lebofsky, D. L. Matson, C. Kowal, C. G. Wynn-Williams, E. E. Becklin

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We report infrared thermal emission measurements of 1862 Apollo, which is the type example of an Earth-crossing asteroid. We derive a geometric albedo of 0.21 ± 0.02 which is within the albedo range of the S class of asteroids. The effective diameter was observed to vary with rotation from 1.2 ± 0.1 to 1.5 ± 0.1 km.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	335-338
Number of pages	4
Journal	Icarus
Volume	48
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/0019-1035(81)90114-7
State	Published - Nov 1981

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