OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF (162173) 1999 JU3: IN PREPARATION FOR THE JAXA<i>HAYABUSA 2</i>SAMPLE RETURN MISSION
OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF (162173) 1999 JU3: IN PREPARATION FOR THE JAXA<i>HAYABUSA 2</i>SAMPLE RETURN MISSION
We investigated the magnitudeā€“phase relation of (162173) 1999 JU3, a target asteroid for the JAXA Hayabusa 2 sample return mission. We initially employed the International Astronomical Union's Hā€“G formalism but found that it fits less well using a single set of parameters. To improve the inadequate fit, we employed two ā€¦