The paper proposes a statistical test for asteroid surface color heterogeneity from sparse multiband photometry and evaluates its performance and sensitivity to model errors through Monte Carlo simulations of synthetic asteroids.
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Visual binary stars exhibit two subpopulations of spin-orbit alignment divided at 31-38 AU, with close systems tightly aligned (Fisher kappa=48) and wide systems less aligned (kappa=6), consistent with distinct formation pathways.
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Prospects for detecting surface color heterogeneity on asteroid surfaces from sparse multiband photometric survey data
The paper proposes a statistical test for asteroid surface color heterogeneity from sparse multiband photometry and evaluates its performance and sensitivity to model errors through Monte Carlo simulations of synthetic asteroids.
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Stellar separation shapes spin-orbit alignment in visual binaries
Visual binary stars exhibit two subpopulations of spin-orbit alignment divided at 31-38 AU, with close systems tightly aligned (Fisher kappa=48) and wide systems less aligned (kappa=6), consistent with distinct formation pathways.