The surface roughness of (433) Eros as measured by thermal-infrared beaming

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作者
Rozitis, B. [1 ]
机构
[1] Open Univ, Sch Phys Sci, Planetary & Space Sci, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes MK7 6AA, Bucks, England
关键词
radiation mechanisms:thermal; methods:numerical; minor planets; asteroids:individual:(433); Eros; PHYSICAL-CHARACTERIZATION; INERTIA; TARGET; YARKOVSKY; ASTEROIDS; PLANETARY; 433-EROS; RADAR; SPECTROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;
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10.1093/mnras/stw2400
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P1 [天文学];
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0704 ;
摘要
In planetary science, surface roughness is regarded to be a measure of surface irregularity at small spatial scales, and causes the thermal-infrared beaming effect (i.e. re-radiation of absorbed sunlight back towards to the Sun). Typically, surface roughness exhibits a degeneracy with thermal inertia when thermophysical models are fitted to disc-integrated thermal-infrared observations of asteroids because of this effect. In this work, it is demonstrated how surface roughness can be constrained for near-Earth asteroid (433) Eros (i.e. the target of NASA's NEAR Shoemaker mission) when using the Advanced Thermophysical Model with thermal-infrared observations taken during an 'almost pole-on' illumination and viewing geometry. It is found that the surface roughness of (433) Eros is characterized by an rms slope of 38 +/- 8 degrees at the 0.5-cm spatial scale associated with its thermal-infrared beaming effect. This is slightly greater than the rms slope of 25 +/- 5 degrees implied by the NEAR Shoemaker laser ranging results when extrapolated to this spatial scale, and indicates that other surface shaping processes might operate, in addition to collisions and gravity, at spatial scales under one metre in order to make asteroid surfaces rougher. For other high-obliquity asteroids observed during 'pole-on' illumination conditions, the thermal-infrared beaming effect allows surface roughness to be constrained when the sub-solar latitude is greater than 60 degrees, and if the asteroids are observed at phase angles of less than 40 degrees. They will likely exhibit near-Earth asteroid thermalmodel beaming parameters that are lower than expected for a typical asteroid at all phase angles up to 100 degrees.
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