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The Diameter of (9) Metis from the Occultation of SAO 190531

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 April 2016

W. M. Kissling ,
G. L. Blow ,
W. H. Allen ,
J. Priestley ,
P. Riley ,
P. Daalder  and
M. George
W. M. Kissling
Affiliation:
Applied Mathematics Division DSIR, Wellington, New Zealand
G. L. Blow
Affiliation:
Carter Observatory, Wellington, New Zealand
W. H. Allen
Affiliation:
Adams Lane Observatory, Blenheim
J. Priestley
Affiliation:
Wellington Astronomical Society
P. Riley
Affiliation:
Wellington Astronomical Society
P. Daalder
Affiliation:
Astronomical Society of Tasmania
M. George
Affiliation:
Astronomical Society of Tasmania
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Abstract

The observations in this paper were carried out as part of a program co-ordinated by the Occultation Section of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand.

On 6 August 1989 minor planet (9) Metis occulted the magnitude 8.7 star SAO 190531. The occultation was observed by two visual observers in Tasmania, and at one photoelectric and two visual sites in New Zealand. From the five chords obtained we have deduced an average cross-sectional diameter for this minor planet of 173.5 km at the time of the occultation. This is in good agreement with previous radiometric and polarimetric results.

Type
Solar & Solar System
Information
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , 1991 , pp. 150 - 152
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of Australia 1991

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