1206.4299 (C. R. Nugent et al.)

The Yarkovsky Drift's Influence on NEAs: Trends and Predictions with NEOWISE Measurements    [PDF]

C. R. Nugent, A. Mainzer, J. Masiero, T. Grav, J. Bauer

We used WISE-derived geometric albedos (p_V) and diameters, as well as geometric albedos and diameters from the literature, to produce more accurate diurnal Yarkovsky drift predictions for 540 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) out of the current sample of \sim 8,800 known objects. As ten of the twelve objects with the fastest predicted rates have observed arcs of less than a decade, we list upcoming apparitions of these NEAs to facilitate observations.

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