A study of the physical properties of an active asteroid (6478 Gault)
Lin, Zhong-Yi2; Cheng, Yu-Li1; Vincent, Jean-Baptiste3; Zhang XL(张西亮)4,5; Ip, Wing Huen2; Chi, Hsin-Chang1
刊名PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
2020-10-01
卷号72期号:5页码:10
关键词minor planets, asteroids: general minor planets, asteroids: individual (6478 Gault)
ISSN号0004-6264
DOI10.1093/pasj/psaa069
产权排序第4完成单位
文献子类Article
英文摘要

In 2019 January, the appearance of asteroid 6478 Gault immediately attracted attention because this object exhibited a long and thin tail that was quite different from the usual asteroids. This unexpected morphology placed asteroid 6478 Gault into the catalogue of active asteroids. We acquired photometric and spectroscopic observations on 37 nights from 2019 January to April using several telescopes, including LOT (1 m telescope) and SLT (40cm telescope) at Lulin Observatory, and the 2.4m telescope at Lijiang station of Yunnan Observatory. We did not find any reliable value for the rotational period of Gault during 2.5 hr and 5 hr observations on 2019 January 26 at Lijiang station and March 25 at Lulin Observatory, respectively. We classified 6478 Gault as a Q-type asteroid using visible spectrum and photometric measurements, including colors (B - V-avg = 0.764 +/- 0.045, V - R-avg = 0.450 +/- 0.023), and relative reflectance. By using Finson-Probstein analysis, the grain size for Gault's tail 2 is larger than 20 mu m.

学科主题天文学 ; 太阳与太阳系 ; 行星物理学
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出版地GREAT CLARENDON ST, OXFORD OX2 6DP, ENGLAND
资助项目MOST grant[108-2112M-008-001] ; Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan[MOST 105-2112-M-008002-MY3] ; Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan[MOST 107-2119-M-008-012] ; Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan[MOST 108-2112-M008-004] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[U1731122]
WOS关键词COMET
WOS研究方向Astronomy & Astrophysics
语种英语
出版者OXFORD UNIV PRESS
WOS记录号WOS:000593160300009
资助机构MOST grant[108-2112M-008-001] ; Ministry of Science and Technology of Taiwan[MOST 105-2112-M-008002-MY3, MOST 107-2119-M-008-012, MOST 108-2112-M008-004] ; National Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[U1731122]
内容类型期刊论文
源URL[http://ir.ynao.ac.cn/handle/114a53/24061]  
专题云南天文台_丽江天文观测站(南方基地)
通讯作者Lin, Zhong-Yi
作者单位1.Department of Physics, National Dong Hwa University, No. 1, Sec. 2, Da Hsueh Rd. Shoufeng, Hualien 97401, Taiwan
2.Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, Taoyuan, 32001, Taiwan
3.DLR Institute of Planetary Research, Berlin, Germany
4.Key Laboratory of the Structure and Evolution of Celestial Objects, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650216, China
5.Yunnan Observatories (YNAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650216, China
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Lin, Zhong-Yi,Cheng, Yu-Li,Vincent, Jean-Baptiste,et al. A study of the physical properties of an active asteroid (6478 Gault)[J]. PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN,2020,72(5):10.
APA Lin, Zhong-Yi,Cheng, Yu-Li,Vincent, Jean-Baptiste,Zhang XL,Ip, Wing Huen,&Chi, Hsin-Chang.(2020).A study of the physical properties of an active asteroid (6478 Gault).PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN,72(5),10.
MLA Lin, Zhong-Yi,et al."A study of the physical properties of an active asteroid (6478 Gault)".PUBLICATIONS OF THE ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN 72.5(2020):10.
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