Radar images of a near-Earth asteroid, Toutatis, were obtained from earth in December 1992. The asteroid was found to be a compact binary consisting of two irregularly shaped cratered objects and rotating with a period of 10 and 11 days. These results carry significant implications for understanding the origin and evolution of near-earth asteroids.
Radar images of asteroid Toutatis
Spaceflight ; 35 , 6
1993-06-01
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Complex Rotators: Asteroid 4179 Toutatis
Springer Verlag | 2012
|Online Contents | 2013