Skip to main content
Earth, Planets and Space
Download PDF
  • Article
  • Published:

Pole orientation and triaxial ellipsoid shape of (25143) 1998 SF36, a target asteroid of the MUSES-C* mission

Earth, Planets and Space volume 55, pages 341–347 (2003)Cite this article

Abstract

The near-earth asteroid (25143) 1998 SF36 is a target body for the Japanese sample-return MUSES-C mission. We present here its pole orientation and triaxial ellipsoid shape, using light curve data obtained with three telescopes at Kiso, Mitaka, and Pic du Midi. The solution obtained for the pole orientation has ecliptic latitude λ = 320 ± 30° and ecliptic longitude β = —75 ± 12°. The estimated triaxial ellipsoid shape is a/b= 2.1 and b/c= 1.7 assuming m= 0.03, which is the coefficient of the empirical relation between the light curve amplitude and the phase angle for S-type asteroids (Zappalà et al., 1990). We also found m to be related to asteroid surface roughness, using a light curve simulator.

References

  • Binzel, R. P., A. S. Rivkin, S. J. Bus, J. M. Sunshine, and T. H. Burbine, MUSES-C Target Asteroid (25143) 1998 SF36: A Reddened Ordinary Chondrite, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 36(8), 1167–1172, 2001.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Bowell, E. and K. Lumme, Colorimetry and Magnitudes of Asteroids, in Asteroids, Edited by T. Gehrels, pp. 132–169, University of Arizona Press, 1979.

    Google Scholar 

  • Dermawan, B., T. Nakamura, H. Fukushima, H. Sato, F. Yoshida, and Y. Sato, CCD Photometry of the MUSES-C Mission Target: Asteroid (25143) 1998 SF36, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 54, 635–640, 2002.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Dotto, E., M. A. Barucci, and M. Fulchignoni, Ground-based Ida model comparison with the first Galileo image, Planet. Space Sci., 43(5), 683–689, 1995.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Farquhar, R., J. Kawaguchi, C. Russell, G. Schwehm, J. Veverka, and D. Yeomans, Space craft Exploration of Asteroids: The 2001 Perspective, in Asteroid III, Edited by W. F. Bottke, Jr., A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel, pp. 367–378, 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  • Fujiwara, A., J. Kawaguchi, and K.T Uesugi, Role of asteroid sample return mission (MUSES-C) in asteroid research, Advances in Space Research, 2002 (submitted).

    Google Scholar 

  • Hapke, B., Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy, Cambridge University Press, 1993.

    Book  Google Scholar 

  • Helfenstein, P. and J. Veverka, Physical characterization of asteroid surfaces from photometric analysis, in Asteroids II, Edited by Richard P. Binzel, T. Gehrels, M. S. Matthews, pp. 524–556, University of Arizona Press, 1989.

    Google Scholar 

  • Karttunen, H. and E. Bowell, Modeling asteroid brightness variations. II—The interpretability of light curves and phase curves, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 208, 320–326, 1989.

    Google Scholar 

  • Landolt, A. U., UBVRI photometric standard stars in the magnitude range 11.5–16.0 around the celestial equator, Astronomical Journal, 104, 340–371, 436–491, 1992.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Magnusson, P., Distribution of spin axes and senses of rotation for 20 large asteroids, Icarus, 68, 1–39, 1986.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Michaowski, T., W. Pych, J. Berthier, A. Kryszczynska, T. Kwiatkowski, J. Boussuge, S. Fauvaud, P. Denchev, and R. Baranowski, CCD photometry, spin and shape models of five asteroids: 225, 360, 416, 516, and 1223, Astronomy and Astrophysics Supplement, 146, 471–479, 2000.

    Article  Google Scholar 

  • Ohba, Y., Physical Model of (25143) 1998 SF36, The Target Asteroid of Sample Return Mission, MUSES-C—Estimation from Ground Observation and Simulation—, Master’s thesis, Univ. of Tokyo, 2002.

    Google Scholar 

  • Ostro, S. J., L. A. M. Benner, M. C. Nolan, J. D. Giorgini, R. F. Jurgens, R. Rose, and D. K. Yeomans, Rader observations of Asteroid 25143 (1998 SF36), American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting, 33, 41.13, 2001.

    Google Scholar 

  • Zappalà, V., A. Cellino, A. M. Barucci, M. Fulchignoni, and D. F. Lupishko, An analysis of the amplitude-phase relationship among asteroids, Astronomy and Astrophysics, 231, 548–560, 1990.

    Google Scholar 

Download references

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Planetary Science Division, The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS), 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa, 229-8510, Japan

    Youhei Ohba, Masanao Abe, Sunao Hasegawa, Masateru Ishiguro & Akira Fujiwara

  2. Poznan Astronomical Observatory, ul. Sloneczna 36, PL-60-286 Poznan, A. Mickiewicz University, Poland

    Tomasz Kwiatkowski

  3. Institut de Mécanique Céleste, 77 Av. Denfert Rochereau, 75014, Paris, France

    Francois Colas

  4. School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Bunkyo, Tokyo, 113-0033, Japan

    Budi Dermawan

Authors
  1. Youhei Ohba
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Masanao Abe
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Sunao Hasegawa
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Masateru Ishiguro
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Tomasz Kwiatkowski
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  6. Francois Colas
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  7. Budi Dermawan
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  8. Akira Fujiwara
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Ohba, Y., Abe, M., Hasegawa, S. et al. Pole orientation and triaxial ellipsoid shape of (25143) 1998 SF36, a target asteroid of the MUSES-C* mission. Earth Planet Sp 55, 341–347 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03351767

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Revised:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • Issue Date:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/BF03351767

Key words