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Inversion of sparse photometric data of asteroids using triaxial ellipsoid shape models and a Lommel-Seeliger scattering law

Cellino, A.; Hestroffer, D.; Muinonen, K. +1 more

The inversion of sparse photometric data of asteroids to derive from them information about the spin and shape properties of the objects is a hot topic in the era of the Gaia space mission. We have used a rigorous analytical treatment of the Lommel-Seeliger light-scattering law computed for the particular case of bodies having the shapes of ideal …