J/A+A/569/A122 Main-belt asteroids polarimetry. IV (Gil-Hutton+, 2014)
Polarimetric survey of main-belt asteroids.
IV. New results from the first epoch of the CASLEO survey.
Gil-Hutton R., Cellino A., Bendjoya P.
<Astron. Astrophys. 569, A122 (2014)>
=2014A&A...569A.122G 2014A&A...569A.122G
ADC_Keywords: Minor planets ; Polarization
Keywords: minor planets, asteroids: general - techniques: polarimetric
Abstract:
We present results of a polarimetric survey of main-belt asteroids at
Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito (CASLEO), San Juan, Argentina. The
aims of this survey are to increase the database of asteroid
polarimetry, to estimate diversity in polarimetric properties of
asteroids that belong to different taxonomic classes, and to search
for objects that exhibit anomalous polarimetric properties.
The data were obtained using the Torino and CASPROF polarimeters at
the 2.15m telescope. The Torino polarimeter is an instrument that
allows simultaneous measurement of polarization in five different
bands, and the CASPROF polarimeter is a two-hole aperture polarimeter
with rapid modulation.
Description:
Results of the first epoch of the polarimetric survey of main-belt
objects at Complejo Astronomico El Leoncito (CASLEO), San Juan,
Argentina.
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table1.dat 156 351 Polarimetric data for the asteroids observed
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See also:
J/A+A/529/A86 : Polarimetric survey of main-belt asteroids (Gil-Hutton+, 2011)
J/A+A/539/A115 : Main-belt asteroids polarimetry. II. (Gil-Hutton+, 2012)
J/A+A/542/A11 : Main-belt asteroids polarimetry. III (Canada-Assandri+, 2012)
Byte-by-byte Description of file: table1.dat
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Bytes Format Units Label Explanations
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1- 4 I4 --- Ast [1/5111] Asteroid number
6- 16 A11 "date" Date UT Date of observation
18- 22 F5.2 deg alpha [0/32] Phase angle α
24- 30 F7.3 % Pu [-2.5/6.4]? Reduced Linear polarization in U
32- 37 F6.3 % e_Pu ? Error in reduced linear polarization in U
39- 43 F5.1 deg thu [0/180]? Position angle with respect to the
scattering plane in U θU
45- 48 F4.1 deg e_thu ? Error in position angle in U
50- 56 F7.3 % Pb [-2.6/5.9]? Reduced Linear polarization in B
58- 63 F6.3 % e_Pb ? Error in reduced linear polarization in B
65- 69 F5.1 deg thb [0/180]? Position angle with respect to the
scattering plane in B θB
71- 74 F4.1 deg e_thb ? rror in position angle in B
76- 82 F7.3 % Pv [-2.0/5.2]? Reduced Linear polarization in V
84- 89 F6.3 % e_Pv ? Error in reduced linear polarization in V
91- 95 F5.1 deg thv [0/184]? Position angle with respect to the
scattering plane in V θV
97-100 F4.1 deg e_thv ? Error in position angle in V
102-108 F7.3 % Pr [-1.8/5.4]? Reduced Linear polarization in R
110-115 F6.3 % e_Pr ? Error in reduced linear polarization in R
117-121 F5.1 deg thr [0/180]? Position angle with respect to the
scattering plane in R θR
123-126 F4.1 deg e_thr ? Error in position angle in R
128-134 F7.3 % Pi [-1.7/5.8]? Reduced Linear polarization in I
136-141 F6.3 % e_Pi ? Error in reduced linear polarization in I
143-147 F5.1 deg thi [0/180]? Position angle with respect to the
scattering plane in I θI
149-152 F4.1 deg e_thi ? Error in position angle in I
154-156 A3 --- Tax Bus taxonomic classification
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Acknowledgements:
Ricardo Gil-Hutton, rgilhutton(at)casleo.gov.ar
References:
Gil-Huttom & Canada-Assandri, Paper I 2011A&A...529A..86G 2011A&A...529A..86G
Gil-Huttom & Canada-Assandri, Paper II 2012A&A...539A.115G 2012A&A...539A.115G
Canada-Assandri et al., Paper III 2012A&A...542A..11C 2012A&A...542A..11C
(End) R. Gil-Hutton [CASLEO-CONICET, Argentina], P. Vannier [CDS] 23-Aug-2014