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Analysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming, and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision making.

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DAMIT how do they get 3D shape and rotational trajectory of a tumbling asteroid from photome...

Your question consists of two sub questions: How do they get the 3d shape of an asteroid? How do they get the rotational trajectory of an asteroid? A paper on The representation of asteroid shapes: …
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What does a fitted curve for the period of a variable star, tell me about the star?

In short, it can tell you a lot of stuff. You could identify (probably) the following: Type of star E.g. a light curve of a eclipsing binary system Light curve of supernova: Not only that you can …
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How do I get temperature and diameter from a light curve?

You can definitely calculate the diameter of the star. You could use the radiation law given here: Another method for measuring star diameters makes use of the Stefan-Boltzmann law for the relationsh …
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