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约束近地天体的物理性质2009 BD

Constraining the Physical Properties of Near-Earth Object 2009 BD

M. Mommert, J. L. Hora, D. Farnocchia, S. R. Chesley, D. Vokrouhlický, D. E. Trilling, M. Mueller, A. W. Harris, H. A. Smith, G. G. Fazio

摘要:

我们报告斯皮策太空望远镜IRAC观测近地天体(NEO)2009 BD进行了支持美国宇航局小行星机器人检索任务(ARRM)的概念。我们在4.5微米处积分25小时后未检测到2009 BD。根据我们的数据的上限通量密度的确定,我们提出了一个概率推导的物理性质,这个对象。分析是基于一个热物理模型与轨道模型的结合,考虑到作用在物体上的非重力。我们找到了两种物理上可能的解决方案。第一个解显示2009 BD是一个直径为2.9+/-0.3 m的岩石体(rho = 2.9+/-0.5 g cm-3),具有极高的0.85(+0.20/-0.10),覆盖着类似风化层的材料,使其表现出低的热惯性(伽马= 30(+20/-10)SI单位)。第二个解表明2009 BD是一颗直径为4+/-1 m的小行星,pV = 0.45(+0.35/-0.15),由一系列单独的裸露岩石板组成(伽玛= 2000+/-1000 SI单位,ρ = 1.7(+0.7/-0.4)g cm-3)。我们无法根据物理推理排除任何一种解决方案。2009 BD是物理特性受到限制的最小的小行星,在这种情况下使用间接方法并基于探测极限,提供了关于尺寸小于10米的物体的物理特性的独特信息。

英文摘要:

We report on Spitzer Space Telescope IRAC observations of near-Earth object (NEO) 2009 BD that were carried out in support of the NASA Asteroid Robotic Retrieval Mission (ARRM) concept. We did not detect 2009 BD in 25 hrs of integration at 4.5 micron. Based on an upper-limit flux density determination from our data, we present a probabilistic derivation of the physical properties of this object. The analysis is based on the combination of a thermophysical model with an orbital model accounting for the non-gravitational forces acting upon the body. We find two physically possible solutions. The first solution shows 2009 BD as a 2.9+/-0.3 m diameter rocky body (rho = 2.9+/-0.5 g cm-3) with an extremely high albedo of 0.85(+0.20/-0.10) that is covered with regolith-like material, causing it to exhibit a low thermal inertia (Gamma = 30(+20/-10) SI units). The second solution suggests 2009 BD to be a 4+/-1 m diameter asteroid with pV = 0.45(+0.35/-0.15) that consists of a collection of individual bare rock slabs (Gamma = 2000+/-1000 SI units, rho = 1.7(+0.7/-0.4) g cm-3). We are unable to rule out either solution based on physical reasoning. 2009 BD is the smallest asteroid for which physical properties have been constrained, in this case using an indirect method and based on a detection limit, providing unique information on the physical properties of objects in the size range smaller than 10 m.

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