Size-based spectrophotometric analysis of the Polana-Eulalia Complex

IF 2.5 2区物理与天体物理 Q2 ASTRONOMY & ASTROPHYSICS

Icarus Pub Date : 2024-09-19 DOI:10.1016/j.icarus.2024.116322

L.T. McClure , J.P. Emery , C.A. Thomas , K.J. Walsh , R.K. Williams

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Abstract

The Polana-Eulalia Complex (PEC) is an Inner Main Belt, C-complex asteroid population that may be the source of the near-Earth asteroid spacecraft mission targets (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu. Here, we report a size-based investigation of the visible (VIS; 0.47 —0.89 μm) spectrophotometric slopes of the PEC's constituent families, the “New Polana” and Eulalia Families. Using two releases of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey's Moving Object Catalog as well as the 3rd data release of the Gaia catalog, we present evidence of size-based slope variability within each family. We find that Eulalia family members exhibit lower average slopes than Polana family members in all catalogs' samples, particularly for objects <9 km in diameter. We are unable to conclude that VIS slope distinguishability between the families is statistically significant, but we explore a potential cause of the bulk slope differences between the PEC families, in addition to providing commentary on size-slope trends generally.

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基于粒度的波拉纳-尤利亚综合体分光光度分析

波拉纳-尤利亚复合体（Polana-Eulalia Complex，PEC）是一个内主带C复合体小行星群，可能是近地小行星任务目标（101955）贝努（Bennu）和（162173）龙宫（Ryugu）的来源。在此，我们报告了对 PEC 的组成家族--"新波拉纳 "家族和欧拉利亚家族--的可见光（VIS；0.47 -0.89 μm）分光光度斜率进行的基于尺寸的调查。利用两次发布的斯隆数字巡天活动天体目录以及第三次发布的盖亚星表数据，我们提出了每个科内基于大小的斜率变化证据。我们发现，在所有星表样本中，尤拉莉亚家族成员的平均斜率都低于波拉纳家族成员，尤其是直径为9千米的天体。我们无法断定各族之间的VIS斜率差异具有统计学意义，但我们探讨了PEC各族之间斜率差异的潜在原因，并对尺寸-斜率的总体趋势进行了评述。

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Icarus 地学天文-天文与天体物理

CiteScore

6.30

自引率

18.80%

发文量

356

审稿时长

2-4 weeks

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