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The fast spin of near-Earth asteroid (455213) 2001 OE84, revisited after 14 years: constraints on internal structure | | David Polishook
; Nicholas Moskovitz
; Audrey Thirouin
; Amanda Bosh
; Stephen Levine
; Carlos Zuluaga
; Stephen Tegler
; Oded Aharonson
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5 Jul 2017 | | Abstract: | At a mean diameter of ~650 m, the near-Earth asteroid (455213) 2001 OE84
(OE84 for short) has a rapid rotation period of 0.486542+-0.000002 hours, which
is uncommon for asteroids larger than ~200 m. We revisited OE84 14 years after
it was first, and last, observed by Pravec et al. (2002) in order to measure
again its spin rate and to search for changes. We have confirmed the rapid
rotation and, by fitting the photometric data from 2001 and 2016 using the
lightcurve inversion technique, we determined a retrograde sense of rotation,
with the spin axis close to the ecliptic south pole; an oblate shape model of
a/b=1.32+-0.04 and b/c=1.8+-0.2; and no change in spin rate between 2001 and
2016. Using these parameters we constrained the body’s internal strength, and
found that current estimations of asteroid cohesion (up to ~80 Pa) are
insufficient to maintain an intact rubble pile at the measured spin rate of
OE84. Therefore, we argue that a monolithic asteroid, that can rotate at the
rate of OE84 without shedding mass and without slowing down its spin rate, is
the most plausible for OE84, and we give constraints on its age, since the time
it was liberated from its parent body, between 2-10 million years. | | Source: | arXiv, 1707.1367 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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