The Yarkovsky effect and bulk density of near-Earth asteroids from Gaia DR3
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Título: | The Yarkovsky effect and bulk density of near-Earth asteroids from Gaia DR3 |
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Autor/es: | Dziadura, Karolina | Oszkiewicz, Dagmara | Spoto, Federica | Carry, Benoît | Tanga, Paolo | Bartczak, Przemyslaw |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Instituto Universitario de Física Aplicada a las Ciencias y las Tecnologías |
Palabras clave: | Planets and satellites: dynamical evolution and stability | Minor planets, asteroids: general | Planets and satellites: physical evolution |
Fecha de publicación: | 12-dic-2023 |
Editor: | EDP Sciences |
Cita bibliográfica: | Astronomy & Astrophysics. 2023, 680: A77. https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347342 |
Resumen: | Aims. The primary objective of this study is to utilize Gaia DR3 asteroid astrometry to detect the Yarkovsky effect, a non-gravitational acceleration that affects the orbits of small asteroids. We then computed the bulk densities for the sample of objects for which we obtained an estimation of the Yarkovsky effect. Methods. We used the version of the OrbFit software that is currently developed at the Minor Planet Center (MPC). We utilized the complete astrometric dataset from the MPC, encompassing all radar data and Gaia DR3 observations. The orbital computation was performed for a total of 446 Near-Earth Asteroids (NEAs; including 93 Potentially Hazardous Asteroids (PHAs)), and 54 094 Inner Main Belt Asteroids (IMBAs) as well as Mars Crossing asteroids. Furthermore, we used a new validation method which involved computing the A2 (the Yarkovsky effect) using different observational arcs to observe the stability of the result. We applied the Yarkovsky effect to determine the density of the studied asteroids. Results. Thanks to Gaia DR3 we significantly constrained orbital uncertainties and determined reliable A2 values for 49 Near-Earth Asteroids, including 10 new detections and for all improvements in signal-to-noise ratio. Additionally, we successfully determined the density, along with their uncertainties, for all of these objects. However, regarding IMBAs, although we have made progress, we do not detect Yarkovsky drift for any asteroid in the main belt. Conclusions. Adding a relatively small amount of ultra-precise astrometry from Gaia DR3 to the observations from the Minor Planet Center (MPC) not only significantly improves the orbit of the asteroid but also enhances the detectability of non-gravitational parame ters. Utilizing this improved dataset, we were able to determine the densities, along with their uncertainties, for the studied asteroids. Looking ahead, with the upcoming release of Gaia DR4, we anticipate even more detections for NEAs and new detections for IMBA and Mars Crossing Asteroids. |
Patrocinador/es: | The research leading to these results has received funding from the National Science Center, Poland, grant number 2022/45/N/ST9/01403 in the years 2023/2024 and Ministry of Science and Higher Education of Poland in the years 2018/2021, as a research project under the “Diamond Grant” program, grant number 0062/DIA/2018/47. D.O. was supported by the National Science Center, Poland, grant number 2017/26/D/ST9/00267. P.B. was supported by grant no. 2022/45/ST9/00267 and through the Spanish Government retraining plan “María Zambrano 2021–2023” at the University of Alicante (ZAMBRANO22-04). |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/140270 |
ISSN: | 0004-6361 (Print) | 1432-0746 (Online) |
DOI: | 10.1051/0004-6361/202347342 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © The Authors 2023. Open Access article, published by EDP Sciences, under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/202347342 |
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