Bibcode
Hanus, J.; Delbo', Marco; Durech, Josef; Alí-Lagoa, V.
Referencia bibliográfica
American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #509.05
Fecha de publicación:
11
2014
Número de citas
1
Número de citas referidas
1
Descripción
By means of a modified thermophysical model (TPM) that takes into
account asteroid shape and pole uncertainties, we analyze the thermal
infrared data acquired by the NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer
(WISE) of about 300 asteroids with derived convex shape models. We adopt
convex shape models from the DAMIT database (Durech et al., 2010,
A&A 513, A46) and present new determinations based on optical
disk-integrated photometry and the lightcurve inversion method
(Kaasalainen & Torppa, 2001, Icarus 153, 37). This work more than
double the number of asteroids with determined thermophysical
properties. We also discuss cases in which shape uncertainties prevent
the determination of reliable thermophysical properties. This is per-se
a novel result, as the effect of shape has been often neglected in
thermophysical modeling of asteroids.We also present the main results of
the statistical study of derived thermophysical parameters within the
whole population of MBAs and within few asteroid families. The thermal
inertia increases with decreasing size, but a large range of thermal
inertia values is observed within the similar size ranges between
10-100 km. Surprisingly, we derive low
(<20J m^{-2} s^{-1/2} K^{-1}) thermal inertia values for
several asteroids with sizes D>10 km, indicating a very fine and
mature regolith on these small bodies. The work of JH and MD was carried
under the contract 11-BS56-008 (SHOCKS) of the French Agence National de
la Recherche (ANR), and JD has been supported by the grant GACR
P209/10/0537 of the Czech Science Foundation.