Evidence of the complex structure of asteroid 21 Lutetia

Details Evidence of the complex structure of asteroid 21 Lutetia Evidence of the complex structure of asteroid 21 Lutetia

Aug 2007

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2007sosyr..41..307p&link_type=abstract

Solar System Research, Volume 41, Issue 4, pp.307-313

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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95.75.Fy, 95.75.Qr, 96.25.-F, 96.30.Ys, 96.30.Za

Scientific paper

We discuss the results of the analysis of three sets of observations of asteroid 21 Lutetia—spectrophotometry, simultaneous BVR photometry, and spectrometry—which show that the asteroid is not a monolithic body. The frequency analysis of the B-V and V-R color indices and the V values, which were obtained from simultaneous BVR measurements in 2004 and calculated from the spectrophotometric observations performed in 2000 (the synthetic values and the color indices), allowed us to demonstrate that the known rotation period of 8.h172 of the asteroid does not exist at all. At a rather high confidence level, six new periods were found: 2.h0, 2.h93, 16.h8, 1.d25, 3.d25, and 60d. During spectral observations with a 1.25-m telescope at the southern laboratory of the Sternberg Astronomical Institute in Nauchnyi (Crimea) in 2004, the spectra of two components spaced 2.8″ apart were registered. In the short-wavelength spectral range, quick variations of the reflectance of the components were observed. They show the changes in their spectral types from S to C. The analysis of the synthetic values of the color indices determined from the spectrophotometric observations in 2000 confirmed the presence of quick spectral variations. We conclude that asteroid 21 Lutetia is a complex satellite system. This statement is confirmed by the analysis of data published in different sources.

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