Английская Википедия:6478 Gault
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6478 Gault, provisional designation Шаблон:Mp, is a Phocaea asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately Шаблон:Convert in diameter. The likely S-type asteroid was discovered on 12 May 1988, by astronomer couple Carolyn and Eugene Shoemaker at the Palomar Observatory in California. It was named in honor of planetary geologist Шаблон:MoMP.[1] In January 2019, it was found that Gault shows cometary activity and that it has multiple tails, making it an active asteroid.[2] It was subsequently realised that it had been active since at least 2013.[3]
Orbit and classification
Gault is a core member of the Phocaea family (Шаблон:Small).[4][5] The large asteroid family consists of nearly 2,000 known stony asteroids, and was named after its largest member, 25 Phocaea. The old family formed up to 2.2 billion years ago and has the highest inclination of all families in the inner asteroid belt. Several of its members are also Mars-crossing asteroids with high eccentricities.[6][7]Шаблон:Rp
It orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.9–2.8 AU once every 3 years and 6 months (1,278 days; semi-major axis of 2.31 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.19 and an inclination of 23° with respect to the ecliptic.[8] The body's observation arc begins with its official discovery observation at Palomar in May 1988.[1] It last came to perihelion in January 2020 and will next come to perihelion in July 2023.[9]
Main-belt comet
On January 5, 2019, it was discovered that Gault possesses a comet tail, which had not been present in previous images taken during the 2018/19 opposition.[10][2] The asteroid began to break up as its spin accelerated due to the YORP effect, and its rotation speed approached two hoursШаблон:Sndnear the limit of stability for an asteroid. The ejected matter created two dust tails,[11] and the longer one has been estimated at over Шаблон:Convert long. Earlier hypotheses of a collision with another asteroid were ruled out as a source of the tail-forming dust, and its two tails were believed to be a result of sudden dust ejections near October 28 and December 30, 2018.[2] It is also possible that solar heating caused sublimation of ice, perhaps beneath the surface in a "pocket," and the force of the ejection of material (after being exposed to solar heating during the rotation of the asteroid) resulted in the spin rate increase. A prior example of such an occurrence is in the literature.[12]
In April 2019, upon analyzing archive images taken in 2013, 2016 and 2017, it was found that Gault had been perpetually active for at least five years before the discovery, with a tail visible when the asteroid was near its furthest distance from the Sun during the 2013 apparition. If its activity is indeed caused by a rotational breakup, then Gault has remained active far longer than any other object of this type seen before. This indicates that it may represent a new type of object.[3]
Naming
This minor planet was named in memory of American planetary geologist Шаблон:MoMP (1923–1999), an expert in the field of impact crater forming processes. Gault conducted field experiments and applied his insight to the interpretation of impact data from the Moon, Earth, Mars and Mercury.[1] The official Шаблон:MoMP was published by the Minor Planet Center on 28 July 1999 (Шаблон:Small).[13]
Physical characteristics
GaultШаблон:'s spectral type resembles that of a stony S-type asteroid, according its membership to the Phocaea family,[4] but some of the features of the spectrum are more similar to the carbonaceous C-type asteroid class.[11] Based on a generic magnitude-to-diameter conversion,[14] the asteroid measures approximately 3.7 kilometers in diameter, for an assumed family-specific albedo of 0.22,[7]Шаблон:Rp and an absolute magnitude of 14.4.[1] Rotational lightcurves of Gault obtained from photometric observations in 2019 showed a rotation period of either 1.79 or 3.36 hours.[11][8] The body's pole and shape remain unknown,[8][15] but based on its lightcurve, its surface likely has irregularities and concavities.[16]
Gallery
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Background stars surrounding asteroid 6478 Gault and its tails.[17]
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(6478) Gault imaged on 2019-03-26 with iTelescope's T21
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JPL Small-Body Database Browser's Orbit Diagram for the Main-belt Asteroid 6478 Gault on 2019-01-01 at 00:00 UTC
References
External links
- image of (6478) Gault showing tail, astrobin.com
- Dictionary of Minor Planet Names, Google books
- Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (5001)-(10000) – Minor Planet Center
- Шаблон:AstDys
- Шаблон:JPL small body
Шаблон:Minor planets navigator Шаблон:Small Solar System bodies Шаблон:Authority control
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