Detection of Rotational Spectral Variation on the M-type Asteroid (16) Psyche. Sanchez, J. A., Reddy, V., Shepard, M. K., Thomas, C., Cloutis, E. A., Takir, D., Albert Conrad, Kiddell, C., & Applin, D. The Astronomical Journal, 153(1):29, 2017. ![Detection of Rotational Spectral Variation on the M-type Asteroid (16) Psyche [link]](https://bibbase.org/img/filetypes/link.svg "link")
Paper doi abstract bibtex The asteroid (16) Psyche is of scientific interest because it contains ∼1% of the total mass of the asteroid belt and is thought to be the remnant metallic core of a protoplanet. Radar observations have indicated the significant presence of metal on the surface with a small percentage of silicates. Prior ground-based observations showed rotational variations in the near-infrared (NIR) spectra and radar albedo of this asteroid. However, no comprehensive study that combines multi-wavelength data has been conducted so far. Here we present rotationally resolved NIR spectra (0.7–2.5 μ m) of (16) Psyche obtained with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. These data have been combined with shape models of the asteroid for each rotation phase. Spectral band parameters extracted from the NIR spectra show that the pyroxene band center varies from ∼0.92 to 0.94 μ m. Band center values were used to calculate the pyroxene chemistry of the asteroid, whose average value was found to be Fs 30 En 65 Wo 5 . Variations in the band depth (BD) were also observed, with values ranging from 1.0% to 1.5%. Using a new laboratory spectral calibration method, we estimated an average orthopyroxene content of 6% ± 1%. The mass-deficit region of Psyche, which exhibits the highest radar albedo, also shows the highest value for the spectral slope and the minimum BD. The spectral characteristics of Psyche suggest that its parent body did not have the typical structure expected for a differentiated body or that the sequence of events that led to its current state was more complex than previously thought.
@article{sanchez_detection_2017,
title = {Detection of {Rotational} {Spectral} {Variation} on the {M}-type {Asteroid} (16) {Psyche}},
volume = {153},
issn = {1538-3881},
url = {http://stacks.iop.org/1538-3881/153/i=1/a=29},
doi = {10.3847/1538-3881/153/1/29},
abstract = {The asteroid (16) Psyche is of scientific interest because it contains ∼1\% of the total mass of the asteroid belt and is thought to be the remnant metallic core of a protoplanet. Radar observations have indicated the significant presence of metal on the surface with a small percentage of silicates. Prior ground-based observations showed rotational variations in the near-infrared (NIR) spectra and radar albedo of this asteroid. However, no comprehensive study that combines multi-wavelength data has been conducted so far. Here we present rotationally resolved NIR spectra (0.7–2.5 μ m) of (16) Psyche obtained with the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility. These data have been combined with shape models of the asteroid for each rotation phase. Spectral band parameters extracted from the NIR spectra show that the pyroxene band center varies from ∼0.92 to 0.94 μ m. Band center values were used to calculate the pyroxene chemistry of the asteroid, whose average value was found to be Fs 30 En 65 Wo 5 . Variations in the band depth (BD) were also observed, with values ranging from 1.0\% to 1.5\%. Using a new laboratory spectral calibration method, we estimated an average orthopyroxene content of 6\% ± 1\%. The mass-deficit region of Psyche, which exhibits the highest radar albedo, also shows the highest value for the spectral slope and the minimum BD. The spectral characteristics of Psyche suggest that its parent body did not have the typical structure expected for a differentiated body or that the sequence of events that led to its current state was more complex than previously thought.},
language = {en},
number = {1},
journal = {The Astronomical Journal},
author = {Sanchez, Juan A. and Reddy, Vishnu and Shepard, Michael K. and Thomas, Cristina and Cloutis, Edward A. and Takir, Driss and {Albert Conrad} and Kiddell, Cain and Applin, Daniel},
year = {2017},
pages = {29}
}
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