Determination of large asteroid masses by dynamical method

Ivantsov, AV
Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2007, 23(3):158-166
Language: Russian
Abstract: 

The masses of 21 asteroids from the main belt were determined by dynamical method. The masses of 13 asteroids have relative errors less than 50 %. It is found that the exclusion of earlier positional observations and the use of contemporary high-accuracy ones reduce the error of asteroid mass determination.

Keywords: asteroid masses