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活动半人马座2020 MK4

The active centaur 2020 MK4

C. de la Fuente Marcos, R. de la Fuente Marcos, J. Licandro, M. Serra-Ricart, S. Martino, J. de Leon, F. Chaudry, M. R. Alarcon

摘要:

上下文半人马座在木星和海王星的轨道之间围绕太阳运行。只有一小部分已知的半人马被发现显示彗星般的特征。29 P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1彗星是最引人注目的活动半人马座。它以一条接近圆形的轨道围绕太阳运行,只有少数已知的天体遵循类似的轨道。目的。我们目前的测光观测2020 MK 4,最近发现的半人马座与轨道不太不同的29 P,我们进行了初步的探索其动力学演化。方法.我们分析了2020年MK 4的宽波段望远镜R和Sloan g ',r'和i'图像,这些图像是用Kapteyn望远镜和IAC 80望远镜获得的,以寻找彗星样的活动,并得出其表面颜色和大小。它的轨道演化使用直接N体模拟进行了研究。结果半人马座2020 MK 4是中性灰色的,有一个微弱的,紧凑的彗星状彗发。其色指数(g ′-r ′)=0.42+/-0.04和r ′-i ′)=0.17+/-0.04,与太阳色指数相近。这个星系核的绝对星等下限是Hg=11.30+/-0.03等,这对于0.1-0.04范围内的绝对星等来说,给出了它的大小在(23,37)km区间的上限。它的轨道演化非常混乱,2020 MK 4可能在未来20万年内被逐出太阳系。彗星29 P在过去与2020 MK 4经历了相对近距离的飞越,有时它们是临时的木星卫星。结论.我们确认在中心核周围存在着昏迷物质。它的表面颜色使这个半人马成为灰色群体中最极端的成员。虽然它的过去、现在和未来的动力学演化与29 P相似,但需要更多的数据来确认或拒绝这两个物体之间的可能联系。

英文摘要:

Context. Centaurs go around the Sun between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune. Only a fraction of the known centaurs have been found to display comet-like features. Comet 29P/Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 is the most remarkable active centaur. It orbits the Sun just beyond Jupiter in a nearly circular path. Only a handful of known objects follow similar trajectories. Aims. We present photometric observations of 2020 MK4, a recently found centaur with an orbit not too different from that of 29P, and we perform a preliminary exploration of its dynamical evolution. Methods. We analyzed broadband Cousins R and Sloan g', r', and i' images of 2020 MK4 acquired with the Jacobus Kapteyn Telescope and the IAC80 telescope to search for cometary-like activity, and to derive its surface colors and size. Its orbital evolution was studied using direct N-body simulations. Results. Centaur 2020 MK4 is neutral-gray in color and has a faint, compact cometary-like coma. The values of its color indexes, (g'-r')=0.42+/-0.04 and (r'-i')=0.17+/-0.04, are similar to the solar ones. A lower limit for the absolute magnitude of the nucleus is Hg=11.30+/-0.03 mag which, for an albedo in the range of 0.1-0.04, gives an upper limit for its size in the interval (23, 37) km. Its orbital evolution is very chaotic and 2020 MK4 may be ejected from the Solar System during the next 200 kyr. Comet 29P experienced relatively close flybys with 2020 MK4 in the past, sometimes when they were temporary Jovian satellites. Conclusions. We confirm the presence of a coma of material around a central nucleus. Its surface colors place this centaur among the most extreme members of the gray group. Although its past, present, and future dynamical evolution resembles that of 29P, more data are required to confirm or reject a possible connection between the two objects and perhaps others.

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