BVRI photometry of 53 unusual asteroids

Details BVRI photometry of 53 unusual asteroids BVRI photometry of 53 unusual asteroids

2010-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/1011.0133v3

Ye, Q.-z. 2011, Astron. J., 141, 32

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astrophysics

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics

18 pages, 9 tables

Scientific paper

10.1088/0004-6256/141/2/32

We present the results of BVRI photometry and classification of 53 unusual asteroids, including 35 near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), 6 high eccentricity/inclination asteroids, and 12 recently-identified asteroid-pair candidates. Most of these asteroids were not reportedly classified prior to this work. For the few asteroids that have been previously studied, the results are generally in rough agreement. In addition, we merge the results from several photometric/spectroscopic surveys to create a largest-ever sample with 449 spectrally classified NEAs for statistical analysis. We identify a "transition point" of the relative number of C/X-like and S-like NEAs at H~18<=>D~1km with confidence level at ~95% or higher. We find that the C/X-like:S-like ratio for 18<=H<22 is about two times higher than that of H<18 (0.33+/-0.04 versus 0.17+/-0.02), virtually supporting the hypothesis that smaller NEAs generally have less weathered surface (therefore, less reddish appearance) caused by younger collision ages.

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