Follow-up observations for the Asteroid Catalog using AKARI Spectroscopic Observations
Abstract
In the 1-2.5 micron range, spectroscopic observations are made on the AcuA-spec asteroids, whose spectra were obtained in a continuous covered mode between 2.5-5.0 micron by AKARI. Based on the Bus-DeMeo taxonomy (DeMeo et al. 2009, Icarus, 202, 160), all the AcuA-spec asteroids are classified, using the published and our observational data. Additionally, taking advantage of the Bus-DeMeo taxonomy characteristics, we constrain the characteristic each spectral type by combining the taxonomy results with the other physical observational data from colorimetry, polarimetry, radar, and radiometry. As a result, it is suggested that certain C-, Cb-, B-type, dark X-, and D-complex asteroids have spectral properties compatible with those of anhydrous interplanetary dust particles with tiny bright material, such as water ice. This supports the proposal regarding the C-complex asteroids (Vernazza et al. 2015, ApJ, 806, 204; 2017, AJ, 153, 72). A combination of the Bus-DeMeo taxonomy for AcuA-spec asteroids and the presumptions with other physical clues such as the polarimetric inversion angle, radar albedo, and mid-infrared spectroscopic spectra will be beneficial for surface material constraints, from the AcuA-spec asteroid observations.
Cite
@article{arxiv.1709.09716,
title = {Follow-up observations for the Asteroid Catalog using AKARI Spectroscopic Observations},
author = {Sunao Hasegawa and Daisuke Kuroda and Kenshi Yanagisawa and Fumihiko Usui},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.09716},
year = {2017}
}
Comments
30 pages, 8 figures, and 3 tables, accepted for publication in PASJ