J/PASJ/65/34  AKARI IRC slow-scan asteroid catalog, AcuA-ISS  (Hasegawa+, 2013)

The asteroid catalog using AKARI IRC slow-scan observations (version 1). Hasegawa S., Muller T.G., Kuroda D., Takita S., Usui F. <Publ. Astron. Soc. Jap., 65, 34 (2013)> =2013PASJ...65...34H 2013PASJ...65...34H
ADC_Keywords: Solar system ; Minor planets ; Photometry, infrared Mission_Name: AKARI Keywords: catalogs - infrared: solar system - minor planets, asteroids - space vehicles: instruments Abstract: We present an asteroidal catalog from the mid-infrared wavelength region using the slow-scan observation mode obtained by the Infrared Camera (IRC) on-board the Japanese infrared satellite AKARI. An archive of IRC slow-scan observations comprising about 1000 images was used to search for serendipitous encounters of known asteroids. We have determined the geometric albedos and diameters for 88 main-belt asteroids, including two asteroids in the Hilda region, and compared these, where possible, with previously published values. Approximately one-third of the acquired data reflects new asteroidal information. Some bodies classified as C or D-type with high albedo were also identified in the catalog. Description: The Asteroid Catalog using AKARI IRC Slow-Scan Observations (AcuA-ISS) is the first asteroid catalogue produced based on the AKARI IRC Slow-Scan Observations. The catalogue provides the size and albedo of 88 asteroids. AKARI is the Japanese infrared astronomical satellite operated in 2006-2011. AKARI has carried out an all-sky survey in the mid- and far-infrared wavelengths, as well as thousands of pointed observations. The current catalogue was constructed from the data taken in the pointed observation mode with one of the onboard instruments, the IRC (Infrared Camera) at 9 and 18µm. An archive of IRC slow- scan observations comprising about 1000 images was used to search for serendipitous encounters of known asteroids. File Summary: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FileName Lrecl Records Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ReadMe 80 . This file acuaiss1.dat 77 88 Asteroid catalog using AKARI IRC Slow-Scan observations (version 1.0) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- See also: http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/Observation/PSC/Public/ : AKARI Survey Point Source Catalogue (ISAS/JAXA, 2010) http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/Observation/ : AKARI Observers Page http://darts.jaxa.jp/ir/akari/ : AKARI Data archives J/PASJ/63/1117 : Asteroid catalog using AKARI (AcuA). V1. (Usui+, 2011) Byte-by-byte Description of file: acuaiss1.dat -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bytes Format Units Label Explanations -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1- 6 I6 --- Num Asteroid's number (1) 8- 25 A18 --- Name Asteroid's name (1) 27- 36 A10 --- ProvDes Asteroid's provisional designation (1) 38- 42 F5.2 mag HMAG [7.7/16.6] Absolute magnitude (2) 44- 48 F5.2 --- GPAR [0.11/0.15] Slope parameter (2) 50- 51 I2 --- NID [1/4] Number of detections by AKARI (3) 53- 59 F7.2 km Diam [2.5/106] Mean diameter (4) 61- 65 F5.2 km e_Diam [0.2/2.8] Uncertainty in diameter (4) 67- 71 F5.3 --- Alb [0/1] Mean geometric albedo (4) 73- 77 F5.3 --- e_Alb [0.004/0.266] Uncertainty in albedo (4) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note (1): Num, Name, and ProvDes are the asteroid number, the name, and the provisional designation, which follow the formal assignment overseen by the IAU Minor Planet Center. Note (2): HMAG and GPAR are the absolute magnitude and slope parameter taken from the Asteroid Orbital Elements Database of the Lowell observatory. Note (3): Number of detections at S9W (9µm band) and L18W (18µm band) in total. Note (4): Estimated size (diameter) and albedo, while e_Diam and e_Albedo are their uncertainties estimated from the thermal model calculations (NEATM; Harris 1998Icar..131..291H 1998Icar..131..291H). -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- History: * 07-Feb-2014: Documentation prepared at ISAS/JAXA by Sunao Hasegawa * 03-Feb-2015: Copied at http://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/AKARI/Archive/Catalogues/AcuA-ISS_V1/
(End) Sunao Hasegawa [ISAS/JAXA], Patricia Vannier [CDS] 03-Feb-2015
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