The Yarkovsky drift's influence on NEAs: Trends and predictions with neowise measurements

Abstract

We used WISE-derived geometric albedos (p V ) and diameters, as well as geometric albedos and diameters from the literature, to produce more accurate diurnal Yarkovsky drift predictions for 540 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) out of the current sample of ∼8800 known objects. As 10 of the 12 objects with the fastest predicted rates have observed arcs of less than a decade, we list upcoming apparitions of these NEAs to facilitate observations. © © 2012. The American Astronomical Society. All rights reserved.