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Improvement in VAMOR Process to VAMOR+
JOA 2026, Vol. 16, No. 2, Page 17 Author(s): Konrad Guhl, Frank SchafferAbstract: In 2023, the authors presented the VAMOR (Validation of Asteroid Models by Occultation Results) method, in which the contact times of stellar occultations by minor planets are added to existing 3D models. The VAMOR process was created with an easy step to process the points from the fundamental plane to the asteroid. This step was a compromise to reduce the workload and streamline the process. Deeper analyses show this assumption is suitable only for spherical bodies. Many of the asteroids and their respective models are elongated, irregularly shaped and sometimes with non-convex zones. Therefore, the VAMOR method was improved to VAMOR+. The results of both methods are presented using the models of the asteroids (22)_Kalliope and (24) Themis.