• the obtaining of polarization phase dependences and the using of their parameters for asteroid albedo estimates, for studying optical and structural properties of asteroid surfaces, classification of asteroids into types, etc.
• the studying of spectral dependences of the polarization phase curve parameters within UBVRI interval of wavelength.
• the studying of polarization properties of NEAs.
• the studying of polarization properties of comets.

Publications:

1. Lupishko D.F., Vasilyev S.V., Efimov Yu.S., Shakhovskoj N.M. (1995). UBVRI-polarimetry of asteroid 4179 Toutatis. Icarus. V.113, p. 200-205.
2. Geyer E.H., Jokers K., Kiselev N.N., Chernova G.P. (1996). A novel quadruple beam imaging polarimeter and its application to Comet Tanaka-Machholz 1992 X. Astrophysics and Space Science. V. 239, p. 259-274.
3. LupishkoD.F., Vasilyev S.V. (1996). A Computer Polarimetric Asteroid Database. (http://PDS.jpl.nasa.gov/)
4. Belskaya I.N., Kiselev N.N., Shakhovskoy N.M., Shevchenko V.G., Efimov Yu.S. New results on asteroid polarimetry. Abstr. of Intern. Conf. "Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1999", 26-30 July, 1999, Cornell. Univ. 1999, p. 55.

 

5. Kiselev N.N., Rosenbush V.K., Jockers K. Polarimetry of asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom at large phase angle. // Icarus, 1999. V.140, No.2, P. 464-466.

Lupishko D.F.

Kiselev N.N.

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