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尘埃大小分布对小行星极化的影响

The effect of the dust size distribution on asteroid polarization

Joseph Masiero, Christine Hartzell, Dan Scheeres

摘要:

我们已经制定了一个理论描述如何的小行星的极化相位曲线将受到影响的尘埃从表面上去除由于一个大小依赖的现象,如辐射压力驱动的逃逸悬浮粒子。利用夏威夷大学2.2米望远镜上的双光束成像偏振仪对4颗小(D ~ 1 km)近地小行星[(85236),(142348),(162900)和2006 SZ 217]进行了新的观测,并利用(25143)Itokawa和(433)Eros的观测结果对我们的计算进行了检验。我们发现,从小行星反射的光的偏振控制的矿物和化学成分的表面,是独立的尘埃颗粒。因此,超过反转角的极化相位曲线斜率与小行星的倾角之间的关系与表面风化层大小分布无关,对主带和近地小行星都有效。

英文摘要:

We have developed a theoretical description of how of an asteroid's polarization-phase curve will be affected by the removal of the dust from the surface due to a size-dependent phenomenon such as radiation pressure-driven escape of levitated particles. We test our calculations against new observations of four small (D ~ 1 km) near-Earth asteroids [(85236), (142348), (162900) and 2006 SZ_217] obtained with the Dual Beam Imaging Polarimeter on the University of Hawaii's 2.2 m telescope, as well as previous observations of (25143) Itokawa and (433) Eros. We find that the polarization of the light reflected from an asteroid is controlled by the mineralogical and chemical composition of the surface and is independent of dust particle. The relation between the slope of the polarization-phase curve beyond the inversion angle and the albedo of an asteroid is thus independent of the surface regolith size distribution and is valid for both Main Belt and Near-Earth asteroids.

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