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第一个星际物体1 I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua的光谱学和热建模

Spectroscopy and thermal modelling of the first interstellar object 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua

Alan Fitzsimmons, Colin Snodgrass, Ben Rozitis, Bin Yang, Meabh Hyland, Tom Seccull, Michele T. Bannister, Wesley C. Fraser, Robert Jedicke, Pedro Lacerda

摘要:

在太阳系的形成和演化过程中,大量的彗星和小行星被抛射到星际空间$^{1,2}$。可以合理地预期,除了我们自己的行星系之外,其他行星系也会发生同样的情况。探测到这种星际天体将使我们能够探测其他恒星周围的星子形成过程,可能还有长期暴露于星际介质的影响。1 I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua是第一个已知的ISO,由Pan-STARRS 1望远镜在2017年10月发现。发现纪元测光意味着一个高度细长的天体,半径为$\sim 200 \times 20$ m,假设彗星状几何半径为0.04。在这里,我们报告的光谱表征'Oumuamua,发现它是随时间变化,但类似于有机丰富的表面发现外太阳系。可观测到的ISO人口预计将占主导地位的彗星状机构与我们的光谱一致,但报告的不活动意味着缺乏表面冰。我们表明,这是一致的长期宇宙射线暴露产生的绝缘地幔的预测。因此,即使'Oumuamua在距离太阳0.25天文单位的范围内通过,也不能排除内部的冰成分。

英文摘要:

During the formation and evolution of the Solar System, significant numbers of cometary and asteroidal bodies were ejected into interstellar space$^{1,2}$. It can be reasonably expected that the same happened for planetary systems other than our own. Detection of such Inter- stellar Objects (ISOs) would allow us to probe the planetesimal formation processes around other stars, possibly together with the effects of long-term exposure to the interstellar medium. 1I/2017 U1 'Oumuamua is the first known ISO, discovered by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope in October 2017$^3$.The discovery epoch photometry implies a highly elongated body with radii of $\sim 200 \times 20$ m when a comet-like geometric albedo of 0.04 is assumed. Here we report spectroscopic characterisation of 'Oumuamua, finding it to be variable with time but similar to organically rich surfaces found in the outer Solar System. The observable ISO population is expected to be dominated by comet-like bodies in agreement with our spectra, yet the reported inactivity implies a lack of surface ice. We show this is consistent with predictions of an insulating mantle produced by long-term cosmic ray exposure. An internal icy composition cannot therefore be ruled out by the lack of activity, even though 'Oumuamua passed within 0.25 au of the Sun.

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