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Following examples are not taken from natural world, We created these asteroids and the graphs to help you to explore how the shape of an asteroid affects the light curve we see from Earth.
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X and Y axis are representing the time and the brightness we see from Earth respectively. The magnitude changes with time as the asteroid rotates around its axis. The light curve is approximately a sine wave for asteroids. We mainly tempted here to describe the light curves considering it's shape. So we've used asteroids with different shapes, according to have different light curves. It can be clearly seen when more light is reflected by a large area in asteroid, the light curve move up towards crest; as well when a small area is exposed by light , graph move down towards trough. So according to the pattern the light curve is created we can determine the shape of the asteroid. Likewise, light curve is a valuable graph to determine shapes of asteroids.
X and Y axis are representing the time and the brightness we see from Earth respectively. The magnitude changes with time as the asteroid rotates around its axis. The light curve is approximately a sine wave for asteroids. We mainly tempted here to describe the light curves considering it's shape. So we've used asteroids with different shapes, according to have different light curves. It can be clearly seen when more light is reflected by a large area in asteroid, the light curve move up towards crest; as well when a small area is exposed by light , graph move down towards trough. So according to the pattern the light curve is created we can determine the shape of the asteroid. Likewise, light curve is a valuable graph to determine shapes of asteroids.
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