论文标题
(3200)负分支中的Phaethon极化法:命运+目标小行星无水性质的新证据
(3200) Phaethon Polarimetry in the Negative Branch: New Evidence for the Anhydrous Nature of the DESTINY+ Target Asteroid
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论文摘要
我们报告了(3200)Phaethon(Jaxa命运$^+$ Mission的目标)的首次极化研究,以确保其无水性质并得出准确的几何反照率。 We conducted observations at low phase angles (Sun-target-observer angle, alpha = 8.8-32.4 deg) from 2021 October to 2022 January and found that Phaethon has a minimum polarization degree $P_{min}$ = -1.3 +- 0.1 %, a polarimetric slope h = 0.22 +- 0.02 % deg$^{-1}$, and an inversion angle alpha $ _0 $ = 19.9 +-0.3度。派生的几何反照率为$ p_v $ = 0.11(在0.08-0.13的范围内)。这些偏振特性与无水软骨一致,并且与含水软骨和典型的彗星核相矛盾。
We report on the first polarimetric study of (3200) Phaethon, the target of JAXA's DESTINY$^+$ mission, in the negative branch to ensure its anhydrous nature and to derive an accurate geometric albedo. We conducted observations at low phase angles (Sun-target-observer angle, alpha = 8.8-32.4 deg) from 2021 October to 2022 January and found that Phaethon has a minimum polarization degree $P_{min}$ = -1.3 +- 0.1 %, a polarimetric slope h = 0.22 +- 0.02 % deg$^{-1}$, and an inversion angle alpha$_0$ = 19.9 +- 0.3 deg. The derived geometric albedo is $p_V$ = 0.11 (in the range of 0.08-0.13). These polarimetric properties are consistent with anhydrous chondrites, and contradict hydrous chondrites and typical cometary nuclei.