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Asteroids are the most abundant objects in the solar system. Hundreds of thousands of them are known at the present time, with more than a hundred added every day. Despite the large number of known asteroids, little is known about the physical characteristics of each individual. Many people only know the size. To other physical features such as shape, rotation time, direction of the axis of rotation and others you can only make a statement for a few objects.
Due to the irregular expansion of an asteroid and its rotation, the amount of sunlight reaching the viewer varies as a function of time. This change in brightness over time is referred to as the light curve. The shape of a light curve depends not only on the shape of the asteroid, but also on the viewing angle and the lighting. Collecting a sufficient number of these asteroid light curves can be used to create a physical model of the object using the light curve inversion method.
The aim of the project Asteroids@home is to increase the knowledge about the physical features of the asteroids. For this purpose, the photometric measurements of asteroids by professional and hobby astronomer takes using the light curve inversion method are processed into a 3D model with the rotation time and axis of rotation of the asteroid.
For earned credits badges are awarded:
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Current scientific publications can be found in our electronic library.
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Project overview
 Asteroids@Home
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| Name | Asteroids@Home |
| Category | Astrophysik/en |
| Goal | Exploration of asteroids |
| Commercial | no |
| Homepage | http://asteroidsathome.net/boinc/ |
Project status
Project links
Clients
Operating systems
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| Java (OS independent) |
Client properties
| works also with proxy | 
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| program can be executed normally |
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| can be used as screensaver |
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| commandline version available |
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| personal Proxy for work units available |
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| work units can be exchanged also by email |
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| source code is available |
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| can be used offline |
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Published versions
The latest versions can be viewed here.
Installation
Asteroids@home uses the BOINC infrastructure. The registration, installation and configuration are described in the user manual.
News
Publications
- Wissenschaftliche Veröffentlichungen finden sich in unserer elektronischen Bibliothek.
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Checked: November 4th, 2018
