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Temperature distribution on the surface of asteroids with different thermal parameter Θ, taking the shape of 1998 KY 26 as an example. The small body has a retrograde rotation around the z axis, with the Solar radiation from the direction nin = (1, 0, 0). From top to bottom are the cases for Θ1, Θ2, and Θ3, and from left to right are the isometric views, day hemispheres and night hemispheres. Note that the colour bars have different temperature scales.

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