Subsequent light-curve analyses have suggested an equivalent circular diameter of 1,450 km.
While liquid droplets are nearly always spherical, solid particles have a variety of shapes and to understand their properties, a equivalent diameter is used.
The equivalent diameter is the diameter of a regular particle which has the same value of some physical property as the irregular particle.
On the plus side, the Wright camera is only about half as long as an equivalent diameter Schmidt.
Other shapes such as rectangular pipes or non-spherical objects have an equivalent diameter defined.
It has an equivalent diameter of nearly 1/5 of monofilament.
Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts, having 3.7 μm equivalent spherical diameter.
Use of girth to arrive at an equivalent diameter is an older forestry measurement that is still used.
Fibers with a non-circular cross section use an equivalent diameter for the calculation of aspect ratio.
The result is the equivalent diameter of a penny-farthing wheel.