Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astrophysics – Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Scientific paper
2011-10-03
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astrophysics
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
Accepted for publication in Astrophysical Journal. Electronic table to be published on the publishers website
Scientific paper
We present the preliminary analysis of 1023 known asteroids in the Hilda region of the Solar System observed by the NEOWISE component of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). The sizes of the Hildas observed range from $\sim 3 - 200$km. We find no size - albedo dependency as reported by other projects. The albedos of our sample are low, with a weighted mean value $p_V = 0.055\pm0.018$, for all sizes sampled by the NEOWISE survey. We observed a significant fraction of the objects in the two known collisional families in the Hilda population. It is found that the Hilda collisional family is brighter, with weighted mean albedo of $p_V = 0.061\pm0.011$, than the general population and dominated by D-type asteroids, while the Schubart collisional family is darker, with weighted mean albedo of ($p_V = 0.039\pm0.013$). Using the reflected sunlight in the two shortest WISE bandpasses we are able to derive a method for taxonomic classification of $\sim 10%$ of the Hildas detected in the NEOWISE survey. For the Hildas with diameter larger than 30km there are $67^{+7}_{-15}%$ D-type asteroids and $26^{+17}_{-5}%$ C-/P-type asteroids (with the majority of these being P-types).
Bauer James
Blauvelt E.
Cutri Roc
DeBaun Emily
Eisenhardt Peter R.
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