Zero Drift in Mean Anomaly of the Satellite of 1996 FG3 and its Implication for the BYORP Theory

Scheirich, P.; Pravec, P.; Mottola, S.; Mommert, M.; Hornoch, K.; Kušnirák, P.; Pittichová, J.; Jacobson, S. A.; Pray, D.; Polishook, D.; Krugly, Yu. N.; Slyusarev, I.; Pollock, J.; Jehin, E.; Manfroid, J.; Gillon, M.; Galád, A.; Licandro, J.; Alí-Lagoa, V.; Brinsfield, J.; Inasaridze, R. Ya.; Molotov, I. E.
Bibliographical reference

Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2012, Proceedings of the conference held May 16-20, 2012 in Niigata, Japan. LPI Contribution No. 1667, id.6123

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2012
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An analysis of photometric observations of binary Near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3, taken from 1996 to 2012, gave a single solution for a quadratic drift of the mean anomaly of the satellite, 0.0 deg/yr^2, consistent with recent BYORP theory.