English

Cross validation of albedo determination for 1627 Ivar from three different techniques

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2025-01-07 v1

Abstract

Near Earth Asteroids are of great interest to the scientific community due to their proximity to Earth, making them both potential hazards and possible targets for future missions, as they are relatively easy to reach by spacecraft. A number of techniques and models can be used to constrain their physical parameters and build a comprehensive assessment of these objects. In this work, we compare physical property results obtained from improved HVH_V absolute magnitude values, thermophysical modeling, and polarimetry data for the well-known Amor-class NEO 1627 Ivar. We show that our fits for albedo are consistent with each other, thus demonstrating the validity of this cross-referencing approach, and propose a value for Ivar's albedo of 0.240.02+0.040.24^{+0.04}_{-0.02} . Future observations will extend this work to a larger sample size, increasing the reliability of polarimetry for rapid asteroid property characterization, as a technique independent of previously established methods and requiring significantly fewer observations.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2501.02108,
  title  = {Cross validation of albedo determination for 1627 Ivar from three different techniques},
  author = {Elena Selmi and M. Devogèle and J. R. Masiero and N. Vega Santiago and E. L. Wright and M. Ferrais and E. Fernández-Valenzuela and G. Borisov and Ph. Bendjoya and J. -P. Rivet and L. Abe and D. Vernet and A. Cellino},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2501.02108},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

11 pages, 5 figures (13 sub-figures), 4 tables. Accepted by the Planetary Science Journal