Photometric observations of 107P/Wilson-Harrington
Photometric observations of 107P/Wilson-Harrington
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107P/Wilson-Harrington 的光度观测
DOI:
10.1016/j.icarus.2011.06.044
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发表时间:
2011
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影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
S.
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文献类型:
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作者:
Urakawa;S.
We present lightcurve observations and multiband photometry for 107P/Wilson–Harrington using five small- and medium-sized telescopes. The lightcurve has shown a periodicity of 0.2979day (7.15h) and 0.0993day (2.38h), which has a commensurability of 3:1. The physical properties of the lightcurve indicate two models: (1) 107P/Wilson–Harrington is a tumbling object with a sidereal rotation period of 0.2979day and a precession period of 0.0993day. The shape has a long axis mode (LAM) of L1:L2:L3=1.0:1.0:1.6. The direction of the total rotational angular momentum is around λ=310°, β=−10°, or λ=132°, β=−17°. The nutation angle is approximately constant at 65°. (2) 107P/Wilson–Harrington is not a tumbler. The sidereal rotation period is 0.2979day. The shape is nearly spherical but slightly hexagonal with a short axis mode (SAM) of L1:L2:L3=1.5:1.5:1.0. The pole orientation is around λ=330°, β=−27°. In addition, the model includes the possibility of binary hosting. For both models, the sense of rotation is retrograde. Furthermore, multiband photometry indicates that the taxonomy class of 107P/Wilson–Harrington is C-type. No clear rotational color variations are confirmed on the surface.