PREDNASAJUCI / LECTURER :

Dr. Volodymyr Troianskyi

Astronomical Observatory Institute, Faculty of Physics, Adam Mickiewicz University,
Poznan, Poland

NAZOV / TITLE :

Constraining planetesimal formation and evolution from observations of V-type asteroids

ABSTRAKT / ABSTRACT :

The main aim of the work was to carry out an observational campaign designed at verifying
the predictions of the numerical model of planetesimal formation and evolution by Bottke et al. (2006).
In particular to: derive physical (spins, shapes and masses) and dynamical characteristics of V-type 
asteroids outside the dynamical Vesta family; compare the derived characteristics with those of typical 
Vestoids and with the dynamical evolution model of the Vesta family by Nesvorny et al. (2008), 
test the hypothetical presence of non-Vestoids in the inner Main Belt; determine and compare the spatial
distribution of non-Vestoids in the Main Belt with the predicted distribution by Bottke et al. (2006), 
determine formation location of differentiated planetesimals and total mass of non-Vestoids.