A basin-free spherical shape as an outcome of a giant impact on asteroid Hygiea
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Título: | A basin-free spherical shape as an outcome of a giant impact on asteroid Hygiea |
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Autor/es: | Vernazza, Pierre | Jorda, Laurent | Ševeček, Pavel | Brož, Miroslav | Viikinkoski, Matti | Hanuš, Josef | Carry, Benoît | Drouard, Alexis | Ferrais, Marin | Marsset, Michaël | Marchis, Franck | Birlan, Mirel | Podlewska-Gaca, Edyta | Jehin, Emmanuel | Bartczak, Przemyslaw | Dudziński, Grzegorz | Berthier, Jérôme | Castillo-Rogez, Julie | Cipriani, Fabrice | Colas, François | DeMeo, F. | Dumas, Christophe | Ďurech, Josef | Fetick, Romain | Fusco, Thierry | Grice, Jonny | Kaasalainen, Mikko | Kryszczynska, Agnieszka | Lamy, Philippe | Le Coroller, Hervé | Marciniak, Anna | Michalowski, Tadeusz | Michel, Patrick | Rambaux, Nicolas | Santana-Ros, Toni | Tanga, Paolo | Vachier, Frédéric | Vigan, Arthur | Witasse, Olivier | Yang, Bin | Gillon, M. | Benkhaldoun, Zouhair | Szakáts, Róbert | Hirsch, R. | Duffard, René | Chapman, Andrés | Maestre, J.L. |
Centro, Departamento o Servicio: | Universidad de Alicante. Departamento de Física, Ingeniería de Sistemas y Teoría de la Señal |
Palabras clave: | Asteroids | Hygiea | Basin-free | Spherical shape | Giant impact |
Área/s de conocimiento: | Física Aplicada |
Fecha de publicación: | 28-oct-2019 |
Editor: | Springer Nature |
Cita bibliográfica: | Nature Astronomy. 2020, 4: 136-141. doi:10.1038/s41550-019-0915-8 |
Resumen: | (10) Hygiea is the fourth largest main belt asteroid and the only known asteroid whose surface composition appears similar to that of the dwarf planet (1) Ceres1,2, suggesting a similar origin for these two objects. Hygiea suffered a giant impact more than 2 Gyr ago3 that is at the origin of one of the largest asteroid families. However, Hygeia has never been observed with sufficiently high resolution to resolve the details of its surface or to constrain its size and shape. Here, we report high-angular-resolution imaging observations of Hygiea with the VLT/SPHERE instrument (~20 mas at 600 nm) that reveal a basin-free nearly spherical shape with a volume-equivalent radius of 217 ± 7 km, implying a density of 1,944 ± 250 kg m−3 to 1σ. In addition, we have determined a new rotation period for Hygiea of ~13.8 h, which is half the currently accepted value. Numerical simulations of the family-forming event show that Hygiea’s spherical shape and family can be explained by a collision with a large projectile (diameter ~75–150 km). By comparing Hygiea’s sphericity with that of other Solar System objects, it appears that Hygiea is nearly as spherical as Ceres, opening up the possibility for this object to be reclassified as a dwarf planet. |
Patrocinador/es: | P.V., A.D. and B.C. were supported by CNRS/INSU/PNP. M.Brož was supported by grant 18-04514J of the Czech Science Foundation. J.H. and J.D. were supported by grant 18-09470S of the Czech Science Foundation and by the Charles University Research Programme no. UNCE/SCI/023. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programmes under grant agreement nos 730890 and 687378. This material reflects only the authors’ views, and the European Commission is not liable for any use that may be made of the information contained herein. TRAPPIST-North is a project funded by the University of Liège, in collaboration with Cadi Ayyad University of Marrakech (Morocco). TRAPPIST-South is a project funded by the Belgian Fonds (National) de la Recherche Scientifique (F.R.S.-FNRS) under grant FRFC 2.5.594.09.F. E.J. and M.G. are F.R.S.-FNRS Senior Research Associates. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10045/103308 |
ISSN: | 2397-3366 |
DOI: | 10.1038/s41550-019-0915-8 |
Idioma: | eng |
Tipo: | info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Derechos: | © The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited 2019 |
Revisión científica: | si |
Versión del editor: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41550-019-0915-8 |
Aparece en las colecciones: | Personal Investigador sin Adscripción a Grupo Investigaciones financiadas por la UE |
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