Bertini, I., Sabolo, W., Gutierrez, P.J., Marzari, F., Snodgrass, C., Tubiana, C., Moissl, R., Pajola, M., Lowry, S.C., Barbieri, C., and others. (2012) Search for satellites near (21) Lutetia using OSIRIS/Rosetta images. Planetary and Space Science, 66 (1). pp. 64-70. ISSN 0032-0633. (doi:10.1016/j.pss.2011.12.022) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52280)
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| Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pss.2011.12.022 |
Abstract
On 2010 July 10 the ESA Rosetta mission flew by the large asteroid (21) Lutetia. One of the scientific goals of the onboard OSIRIS instrument was the search for satellites of the asteroid, with more than 20 images specifically dedicated to this topic. An observational campaign was devised with a selection of filters and exposure times tailored to maximize the possibility of detecting small companions and determining their bound orbits. Data were analyzed with suitable methods to remove cosmic ray hits and known background objects, in order to search for persistent detections of potential interesting flux sources. We found no unambiguous detections of a satellite larger than ?160m inside the entire sphere of gravitational influence. Our search confirmed the absence of bound companions larger than â?¼30m inside 20 primary radii. These limits are a factor of ?30 smaller than the values reported so far from large ground-based telescopes using adaptive optics and from the Hubble Space Telescope. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd.
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1016/j.pss.2011.12.022 |
| Additional information: | Unmapped bibliographic data: LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - Planet. Space Sci. [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi e Attivita Spaziali (CISAS) G. Colombo, Universita di Padova, Via Venezia 15, 35131 Padova, Italy [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Glorieta de la Astronomia s/n, 18008 Granada, Spain [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Dipartimento di Fisica, Universita di Padova, Via Marzolo 8, 35131 Padova, Italy [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Max-Planck-Institut fur Sonnen System Forschung, Max-Planck-Str. 2, 37191 Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - European Space Astronomy Centre, European Space Agency, PO Box 78, 28691 Villanueva de la Canada (Madrid), Spain [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Center for Astrophysics, Planetary Science School of Physical Sciences, University of Kent, CT2 7NH Canterbury, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Dipartimento di Astronomia, Universita di Padova, Vicolo Osservatorio 3, 35122 Padova, Italy [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Box 516, 75120 Uppsala, Sweden [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints] |
| Uncontrolled keywords: | Asteroid satellites, Lutetia, Minor bodies, OSIRIS, Rosetta, Background objects, Exposure time, Hubble space telescopes, Large ground-based telescopes, Lutetia, Minor bodies, OSIRIS, Rosetta, Rosetta mission, Asteroids, Spheres, Satellites |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QB Astronomy |
| Divisions: | Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy |
| Depositing User: | Stephen Lowry |
| Date Deposited: | 08 Dec 2015 22:11 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 05 Nov 2024 10:38 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52280 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Lowry, S.C..
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