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Table 1

Summary of (1862) Apollo radar (Ostro et al. 2002) and thermal-infrared (Lebofsky et al. 1981) observations obtained in 1980.

Observation Wavelength Flux Heliocentric Geocentric Phase angle Sub-Earth
date (μm) (10-14 distance distance (°) latitude (°)
(1980 UT) W m-2μm-1) (AU) (AU)

Nov. 14.92 Radar N/A 0.996 0.057 81.8 23.4
Nov. 17.26 10.2 7.62 ± 0.35
Nov. 17.27 20.0 3.53 ± 0.49 1.018 0.067 62.3 17.0
Nov. 26.32 10.2 2.94 ± 0.27
Nov. 26.32 8.7 4.42 ± 0.61
Nov. 26.33 12.5 3.04 ± 0.42 1.105 0.148 34.9 2.8
Nov. 26.33 20.0 1.27 ± 0.12
Nov. 26.34 4.8 1.41 ± 0.20
Dec. 4.14 10.6 1.24 ± 0.11 1.178 0.233 30.9 –1.3

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