- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/MNRAS/505/5253
- Title:
- A comparison of centering in ISS astrometry
- Short Name:
- J/MNRAS/505/5253
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the caviar software package, a standard tool for astrometry of images from the Cassini imaging science subsystem (ISS), Gaussian fitting is used to measure the centre of point-like objects, achieving a typical precision of about 0.2 pixels. In this work, we consider how alternative methods may improve on this. We compare three traditional centroiding methods: two-dimensional Gaussian fitting, median, and modified moment. Results using 56 selected images show that the centroiding precision of the modified moment method is significantly better than the other two methods, with standard deviations for all residuals in sample and line of 0.065 and 0.063 pixels, respectively, representing a factor of over 2 improvement compared to Gaussian fitting. Secondly, a comparison of observations using Cassini ISS images of Anthe is performed. Anthe results show a similar improvement. The modified moment method is then used to reduce all ISS images of Anthe during the period 2008-2017. The observed-minus-calculated residuals relative to the JPL SAT393 ephemeris are calculated. In terms of {alpha}xcos({delta}) and {delta} in the Cassini-centred international celestial reference frame, mean values of all residuals are close to 0km, and their standard deviations are less than 1km for narrow angle camera images, and about 4km for wide angle camera images.
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/PASJ/71/1
- Title:
- AKARI Near Infrared Asteroid Spectral Catalog V1
- Short Name:
- J/PASJ/71/1
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Knowledge of water in the solar system is important for the understanding of a wide range of evolutionary processes and the thermal history of the solar system. To explore the existence of water in the solar system, it is indispensable to investigate hydrated minerals and/or water ice on asteroids. These water-related materials show absorption features in the 3um band (wavelengths from 2.7 to 3.1um). We conducted a spectroscopic survey of asteroids in the 3um band using the Infrared Camera (IRC) on board the Japanese infrared satellite AKARI. In the warm mission period of AKARI, 147 pointed observations were performed for 66 asteroids in the grism mode for wavelengths from 2.5 to 5um. According to these observations, most C-complex asteroids have clear absorption features (>10% with respect to the continuum) related to hydrated minerals at a peak wavelength of approximately 2.75um, while S-complex asteroids have no significant features in this wavelength range. The present data are released to the public as the Asteroid Catalog using AKARI Spectroscopic Observations (AcuA-spec).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/658/A158
- Title:
- A polarimetric study of ACOs
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/658/A158
- Date:
- 22 Feb 2022 15:07:47
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Asteroids in comet-like orbits (ACOs) consist of asteroids and dormant comets. Due to their similar appearance, it is challenging to distinguish dormant comets from ACOs via general telescopic observations. Surveys for discriminating dormant comets from the ACO population have been conducted via spectroscopy or optical and mid-infrared photometry. However, they have not been conducted through polarimetry. We conducted the first polarimetric research of ACOs. We conducted a linear polarimetric pilot survey for three ACOs: (944) Hidalgo, (3552) Don Quixote, and (331471) 1984 QY1. These objects are unambiguously classified into ACOs in terms of their orbital elements (i.e., the Tisserand parameters with respect to Jupiter TJ significantly less than 3). Three ACOs were observed by the 1.6-m Pirka Telescope from UT 2016 May 25 to UT 2019 July 22 (13 nights). We found that two ACOs, Don Quixote and Hidalgo, have polarimetric properties similar to comet nuclei and D-type asteroids (optical analogs of comet nuclei. However, 1984 QY1 exhibited a polarimetric property consistent with S-type asteroids. We conducted a backward orbital integration to determine the origin of 1984 QY1 and found that this object was transported from the main belt into the current comet-like orbit via the 3:1 mean motion resonance with Jupiter. We conclude that the origins of ACOs can be more reliably identified by adding polarimetric data to the color and spectral information. This study would be valuable for investigating how the ice-bearing small bodies distribute in the inner solar system.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/158/159
- Title:
- Astrometric positions for (84922) 2003 VS2
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/158/159
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present results from three world-wide campaigns that resulted in the detections of two single-chord and one multi-chord stellar occultations by the plutino object (84922) 2003 VS_2_. From the single-chord occultations in 2013 and 2014 we obtained accurate astrometric positions for the object, while from the multi-chord occultation on 2014 November 7, we obtained the parameters of the best-fitting ellipse to the limb of the body at the time of occultation. We also obtained short-term photometry data for the body in order to derive its rotational phase during the occultation. The rotational light curve present a peak-to-peak amplitude of 0.141+/-0.009 mag. This allows us to reconstruct the 3D shape of the body, with principal semi-axes of a=313.8+/-7.1 km, b=265.5_-9.8_^+8.8^ km, and c=247.3_-43.6_^+26.6^ km, which is not consistent with a Jacobi triaxial equilibrium figure. The derived spherical volume equivalent diameter of 548.3_-44.6_^+29.5^ km is about 5% larger than the radiometric diameter of 2003 VS_2_ derived from Herschel data of 523+/-35 km, but still compatible with it within error bars. From those results we can also derive the geometric albedo (0.123_-0.014_^+0.015^) and, under the assumption that the object is a Maclaurin spheroid, the density {rho}=1400_-300_^+1000^ for the plutino. The disappearances and reappearances of the star during the occultations do not show any compelling evidence for a global atmosphere considering a pressure upper limit of about 1 microbar for a pure nitrogen atmosphere, nor secondary features (e.g., rings or satellite) around the main body.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/156/20
- Title:
- Astrometry of (486958) 2014 MU_69_ with HST
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/156/20
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- NASA's New Horizons spacecraft will conduct a close flyby of the cold-classical Kuiper Belt Object (KBO) designated (486958) 2014 MU69 on 2019 January 1. At a heliocentric distance of 44 au, "MU69" will be the most distant object ever visited by a spacecraft. To enable this flyby, we have developed an extremely high-precision orbit fitting and uncertainty processing pipeline, making maximal use of the Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3 (WFC3) and pre-release versions of the ESA Gaia Data Release 2 (DR2) catalog. This pipeline also enabled successful predictions of a stellar occultation by MU69 in 2017 July. We describe how we process the WFC3 images to match the Gaia DR2 catalog, extract positional uncertainties for this extremely faint target (typically 140 photons per WFC3 exposure), and translate those uncertainties into probability distribution functions for MU69 at any given time. We also describe how we use these uncertainties to guide New Horizons, plan stellar occultions of MU69, and derive MU69's orbital evolution and long-term stability.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+AS/115/295
- Title:
- Astrometry of outer Jovian satellites
- Short Name:
- J/A+AS/115/295
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- In the course of The Uppsala-ESO Survey of Asteroids and Comets astrometric positions of the faint outer Jovian satellites J VI-XIII were obtained from photographic plates and films taken at the European Southern Observatory, La Silla, Chile and at the Anglo-Australian Observatory, Siding Spring, Australia
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/AJ/152/80
- Title:
- Astrometry of Pluto and trans-Neptunian objects
- Short Name:
- J/AJ/152/80
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We use astrometry of Pluto and other trans-neptunian objects to constrain the sky location, distance, and mass of the possible additional planet (Planet Nine) hypothesized by Batygin & Brown. We find that over broad regions of the sky, the inclusion of a massive, distant planet degrades the fits to the observations. However, in other regions, the fits are significantly improved by the addition of such a planet. Our best fits suggest a planet that is either more massive or closer than argued for by Batygin & Brown based on the orbital distribution of distant trans-neptunian objects (or by Fienga et al. based on range measured to the Cassini spacecraft). The trend to favor larger and closer perturbing planets is driven by the residuals to the astrometry of Pluto, remeasured from photographic plates using modern stellar catalogs, which show a clear trend in decl. over the course of two decades, that drive a preference for large perturbations. Although this trend may be the result of systematic errors of unknown origin in the observations, a possible resolution is that the decl. trend may be due to perturbations from a body, in addition to Planet Nine, that is closer to Pluto but less massive than Planet Nine.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/other/PSS/210.1
- Title:
- Astrometry of the 5 largest Uranian sat.
- Short Name:
- J/other/PSS/210.
- Date:
- 14 Dec 2021 08:12:44
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the astrometry of the five largest satellites of Uranus from observations spread over almost three decades with photographic plates and CCDs (mainly), taken at the Pico dos Dias Observatory - Brazil. All positions presented here are obtained from the reanalysis of measurements and images used in previous publications. Reference stars are those from the Gaia Early Data Release 3 (Gaia EDR3) allowing, in addition to a higher accuracy, a larger number of positions of the largest satellites as compared to our previous works. From 1982 to 1987, positions were obtained from photographic plates. From 1989 to 2011, CCDs were used. On average, we obtained {Delta}{alpha}cos{delta}=-11(+/-52) milli-arcseconds and {delta}{delta}=-14 (+/-43) milli-arcseconds for the differences in the sense observation minus ephemerides (DE435+ura111). Comparisons with different ephemerides (DE440, INPOP21a, INPOP19a and NOE-7-2013-MAIN) and results from stellar occultations indicate a possible offset in the (Solar System) barycentric position of the Uranian system barycenter. Overall, our results are useful to improve dynamical models of the Uranian largest satellites as well as the orbit of Uranus.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/582/A8
- Title:
- Astrometry of the main satellites of Uranus
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/582/A8
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We determine accurate positions of the main satellites of Uranus: Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, and Oberon. Positions of Uranus, as derived from those of these satellites, are also determined. The observational period spans from 1992 to 2011. All runs were made at the Pico dos Dias Observatory, Brazil. We used the software called Platform for Reduction of Astronomical Images Automatically (PRAIA) to perform a digital coronography to minimise the influence of the scattered light of Uranus on the astrometric measurements and to determine accurate positions of the main satellites. The positions of Uranus were then indirectly determined by computing the mean differences between the observed and ephemeris positions of these satellites. A series of numerical filters was applied to filter out spurious data. These filters are mostly based on (a) the comparison between the positions of Oberon with those of the other satellites and on (b) the offsets as given by the differences between the observed and ephemeris positions of all satellites. We have, for the overall offsets of the five satellites, -29mas (+/-63mas) in right ascension and -27mas (+/-46mas) in declination. For the overall difference between the offsets of Oberon and those of the other satellites, we have +3mas (+/-30mas) in right ascension and -2mas (+/-28mas) in declination. Ephemeris positions for the satellites were determined from DE432+ura111.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/575/A73
- Title:
- Astrometry of the Saturnian satellites 2004-12
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/575/A73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The Cassini spacecraft has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 returning images of satellites with astrometric resolution as high as few hundreds of meters. The images that were taken by the Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of Image Science Subsystem (ISS) instrument on board Cassini, were used in this work for the purpose of astrometry. We applied the same method that was previously developed to reduce Cassini NAC images of Mimas and Enceladus. We provide 5240 astrometric positions in right ascension and declination of the satellites: Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Iapetus, and Phoebe, using images that were taken by Cassini NAC between 2004 and 2012. Mean residuals compared to the JPL ephemeris SAT365 are of the order of hundreds of meters with standard deviations of the order of few kilometers. Frequency analysis of the residuals shows the remaining non-modeled effects of satellites on others.
