Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 – Preliminary results

@article{Verevs2015AbsoluteMA,
title={Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 – Preliminary results},
author={Peter Verevs and Robert Jedicke and Alan Fitzsimmons and Larry Denneau and Mikael Granvik and Bryce T. Bolin and S. Chastel and Richard J. Wainscoat and William Stanley Burgett and K. C. Chambers and Heather Flewelling and N. Kaiser and Eugene. A. Magnier and Jeffrey S. Morgan and Paul A. Price and John L. Tonry and C. Z. Waters},
journal={Icarus},
year={2015},
volume={261},
pages={34-47}
}
Abstract We present the results of a Monte Carlo technique to calculate the absolute magnitudes (H) and slope parameters (G) of ∼240,000 asteroids observed by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope during the first 15 months of its 3-year all-sky survey mission. The system’s exquisite photometry with photometric errors ≲ 0.04 mag , and well-defined filter and photometric system, allowed us to derive accurate H and G even with a limited number of observations and restricted range in phase angles. Our Monte… Expand
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