کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
8137743 1523549 2014 18 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Spin axes and shape models of asteroid pairs: Fingerprints of YORP and a path to the density of rubble piles
موضوعات مرتبط
مهندسی و علوم پایه علوم زمین و سیارات علوم فضا و نجوم
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Spin axes and shape models of asteroid pairs: Fingerprints of YORP and a path to the density of rubble piles
چکیده انگلیسی
Here I apply the lightcurve inversion method on self-obtained photometric data, in order to derive the rotation axis vectors and shape models of the asteroid pairs 2110, 3749, 5026, 6070, 7343 and 44612. Three asteroids resulted with polar-directed spin axes and three objects with ambiguous results. In addition, the secondary member 44612 presents the same sense of rotation as its primary member 2110, and its spin is not tumbling. Finally, I use a rotational fission model, based on the assumption of an angular momentum conservation, and match it to the measured spin, shape, and mass ratio parameters in order to constrain the density of the primary members in the pairs. Using this method, low density values that are expected from a “rubble pile” are derived. All these results lead to the conclusion that the disruption of these asteroid pairs was most likely the outcome of the YORP effect that spun-up “rubble pile” asteroids.
ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Icarus - Volume 241, October 2014, Pages 79-96
نویسندگان
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