PT4 - Precision Tests of Special Relativity |
Speaker_ |
Sigismondi, Costantino |
Co-autors |
Davide Troise |
Talk _ |
Stellar Occultation by Asteroids: the case of Regulus |
Abstract _ |
Preliminary results of mission to Vibo Valentia (Calabria, Italy) to measure the Regulus' occultation by the asteroid 166 Rhodope on October 19, 2005 are presented. Asteroidal profile, stellar diameter and orbital parameters can be improved by such observation, combined with other observations made across Europe. The accuracy of such observations is discussed in view of detection of relativistic effects in the asteroidal orbit. |