Physical characterization and origin of binary near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3

Details Physical characterization and origin of binary near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 Physical characterization and origin of binary near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3

2012-03-21

arxiv.org/abs/1203.4820v1

Walsh et al. 2011, ApJ, 748, 104

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

Published in ApJ

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-637X/748/2/104

The near-Earth asteroid (NEA) (175706) 1996 FG3 is a particularly interesting spacecraft target: a binary asteroid with a low-DeltaV heliocentric orbit. The orbit of its satellite has provided valuable information about its mass density while its albedo and colors suggest it is primitive or part of the C-complex taxonomic grouping. We extend the physical characterization of this object with new observations of its emission at mid-Infrared (IR) wavelengths and with near-IR reflection spectroscopy. We derive an area-equivalent system diameter of 1.90 \pm 0.28 km (corresponding to approximate component diameters of 1.83 km and 0.51 km, respectively) and a geometric albedo of 0.039 \pm 0.012. 1996 FG3 was previously classified as a C-type asteroid, though the combined 0.4--2.5 micron spectrum with thermal correction indicates classification as B-type; both are consistent with the low measured albedo. Dynamical studies show that 1996 FG3 has most probably originated in the inner main asteroid belt. Recent work has suggested the inner Main Belt (142) Polana family as the possible origin of another low-DeltaV B-type NEA, (101955) 1999 RQ36. A similar origin for 1996 FG3 would require delivery by the overlapping Jupiter 7:2 and Mars 5:9 mean motion resonances rather than the nu-6 resonance, and we find this to be a low probability, but possible, origin.

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