Context. The technique of stellar occultations, greatly enhanced by the publication of the
Gaia data releases, permits not only the determination of asteroid size and shape, but also …

Context. Occultations of stars by asteroids are an efficient method to study the properties of
minor bodies, and can be exploited as tools to derive very precise asteroid astrometry …

Context. Observation of star occultations is a powerful tool to determine shapes and sizes of
asteroids. This is key information necessary for studying the evolution of the asteroid belt …

Occultations of stars by asteroids have been observed since 1961, increasing from a very
small number to now over 500 annually. We have created and regularly maintain a growing …

Context. The Gaia Data Release 1 (GDR1) is a first, important step on the path of evolution
of astrometric accuracy towards a much improved situation. Although asteroids are not …

Context. As evidenced by recent survey results, the majority of asteroids are slow rotators
(spin periods longer than 12 h), but lack spin and shape models because of selection bias …

Context. We report the exploitation of a sample of Solar System observations based on data
from the third Gaia Data Release (Gaia DR3) of nearly 157 000 asteroids. It extends the …

This paper describes observations of asteroids made with the Flagstaff Astrometric Scanning
Transit Telescope (FASTT), which is a 20 cm CCD transit telescope that can observe objects …

Asteroid sizes can be directly measured by observing occultations of stars by asteroids.
When there are enough observations across the path of the shadow, the asteroid's projected …

Accuracy limits in the ephemerides of the four inner planets, imposed by uncertainties in the
masses of the asteroids, are investigated and illustrated. We consider present-day …