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活动小行星331 P/Gibbs的碎片动力学

Fragment Dynamics in Active Asteroid 331P/Gibbs

Man-To Hui, David Jewitt

摘要:

我们提出了一个动态分析的碎片活跃的小行星331 P/吉布斯。利用哈勃太空望远镜在2015年至2018年拍摄的档案图像,我们测量了主要和三个最亮(可能是最大的)组件的天体测量。传统的轨道测定表明,各组成部分之间的轨道高度相似。然后,我们应用碎裂模型来拟合天体测量,获得关键参数,包括碎裂时期和分离速度。我们的最佳拟合模型显示,碎片B在2011年4月至5月期间以$\sim$ 1 cm s $^{-1}$的速度与主体分离,而碎片A和C则有两种可能的情况。前者在2011年6月中旬以$\sim$ 8 cm s $^{-1}$的速度从原始片段或片段B分裂,后者在2011年底或2013年底至2014年初以$\sim$ 0.7-0.8 cm s $^{-1}$的速度从片段B分裂。结果是一致的旋转中断的机制,造成级联的小行星的碎片,如所建议的快速旋转的主要。这些碎片构成了已知最年轻的小行星群,为我们研究小行星的碎裂和小行星群的形成提供了一个很好的机会。

英文摘要:

We present a dynamical analysis of the fragmented active asteroid 331P/Gibbs. Using archival images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope from 2015 to 2018, we measured the astrometry of the primary and the three brightest (presumably the largest) components. Conventional orbit determination revealed a high-degree of orbital similarity between the components. We then applied a fragmentation model to fit the astrometry, obtaining key parameters including the fragmentation epochs and separation velocities. Our best-fit models show that Fragment B separated from the primary body at a speed of $\sim$1 cm s$^{-1}$ between 2011 April and May, whereas two plausible scenarios were identified for Fragments A and C. The former split either from the primary or from Fragment B, in 2011 mid-June at a speed of $\sim$8 cm s$^{-1}$, and the latter split from Fragment B either in late 2011 or between late 2013 and early 2014, at a speed of $\sim$0.7-0.8 cm s$^{-1}$. The results are consistent with rotational disruption as the mechanism causing the cascading fragmentation of the asteroid, as suggested by the rapid rotation of the primary. The fragments constitute the youngest known asteroid cluster, providing us with a great opportunity to study asteroid fragmentation and formation of asteroid clusters.

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