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南极洲的小行星分布

Asteroid Distributions in the Ecliptic

Erin L. Ryan, Charles E. Woodward, Andrea Dipaolo, Jacopo Farinato, Emanuele Giallongo, Roland Gredel, John Hill, Fernando Pedichini, Richard Pogge, Roberto Ragazzoni

摘要:

本文分析了主带小行星(平均近日点$Δ\simeq 2.404$ AU)在五个黄道纬度场($-17 \gtsimeq β(\degr) \ltsimeq +15$)中的小行星表面密度分布,这些场来自深\textit{Large Binocular Telescope}(LBT)$V-$带(85%完整性极限$V = 21.3$ MAG)和\textit{Spitzer Space Telescope} IRAC 8.0 \micron(80%完整性极限$\sim 103 μ$ Jy),使我们能够探测直径为0.5- 1.0 km的小行星群。我们在光学测量中发现了58颗新的小行星,并在\textit{Spitzer}领域发现了41个新的天体。每平方度小行星数量的幂律斜率在每个$\sim 5$ \degr{}黄道纬度箱内相似,平均值为$ -0.111 \pm 0.077$。对于在IRAC所有四个通道中探测到的23颗已知小行星,平均轨道从$0.24 \pm 0.07$到$0.10 \pm 0.05$不等。在\textit{Spitzer} FLS场中没有探测到小行星($p_{V}$ $\ltsimeq$ 0.1),而在SWIRE场中,它们是频繁的。SWIRE的数据清楚地对中间带和外带的小行星进行了采样,提供了对这些公里大小的小行星的轨道的第一次估计。我们观测到的小行星数量密度在光学波长一般是一致的,从标准小行星模型在黄道平面内。然而,我们发现在我们的光场中,在$β\gtsimeq 5$ \degr{}处有一个过密度,而在所有的黄道纬度上,红外数密度都低于2到3倍。

英文摘要:

We present analysis of the asteroid surface density distribution of main belt asteroids (mean perihelion $Δ\simeq 2.404$ AU) in five ecliptic latitude fields, $-17 \gtsimeq β(\degr) \ltsimeq +15$, derived from deep \textit{Large Binocular Telescope} (LBT) $V-$band (85% completeness limit $V = 21.3$ mag) and \textit{Spitzer Space Telescope} IRAC 8.0 \micron (80% completeness limit $\sim 103 μ$Jy) fields enabling us to probe the 0.5--1.0 km diameter asteroid population. We discovered 58 new asteroids in the optical survey as well as 41 new bodies in the \textit{Spitzer} fields. The derived power law slopes of the number of asteroids per square degree are similar within each $\sim 5$\degr{} ecliptic latitude bin with a mean value of $ -0.111 \pm 0.077$. For the 23 known asteroids detected in all four IRAC channels mean albedos range from $0.24 \pm 0.07$ to $0.10 \pm 0.05$. No low albedo asteroids ($p_{V}$ $\ltsimeq$ 0.1) were detected in the \textit{Spitzer} FLS fields, whereas in the SWIRE fields they are frequent. The SWIRE data clearly samples asteroids in the middle and outer belts providing the first estimates of these km-sized asteroids' albedos. Our observed asteroid number densities at optical wavelengths are generally consistent with those derived from the Standard Asteroid Model within the ecliptic plane. However, we find an over density at $β\gtsimeq 5$\degr{} in our optical fields, while the infrared number densities are under dense by factors of 2 to 3 at all ecliptic latitudes.

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