Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon

Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon

(3200) Phaethon is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1983 that has large inclination and eccentricity. Here, the authors perform polarimetric observation of Phaethon over a wide range of solar phase angle and report that the asteroid exhibits a very strong linear polarization.

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Main Authors: Takashi Ito, Masateru Ishiguro, Tomoko Arai, Masataka Imai, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Yuna G. Kwon, Masanori Kobayashi, Ryo Ishimaru, Hiroyuki Naito, Makoto Watanabe, Kiyoshi Kuramoto
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Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-06-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04727-2
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spelling doaj-6fb672c53c98450da24b7565b84209842021-05-11T10:02:09ZengNature Publishing GroupNature Communications2041-17232018-06-01911810.1038/s41467-018-04727-2Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) PhaethonTakashi Ito0Masateru Ishiguro1Tomoko Arai2Masataka Imai3Tomohiko Sekiguchi4Yoonsoo P. Bach5Yuna G. Kwon6Masanori Kobayashi7Ryo Ishimaru8Hiroyuki Naito9Makoto Watanabe10Kiyoshi Kuramoto11Center for Computational Astrophysics, National Astronomical Observatory of JapanDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National UniversityPlanetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of TechnologyDepartment of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido UniversityAsahikawa Campus, Hokkaido University of EducationDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National UniversityDepartment of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National UniversityPlanetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of TechnologyPlanetary Exploration Research Center, Chiba Institute of TechnologyNayoro ObservatoryDepartment of Applied Physics, Okayama University of ScienceDepartment of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University(3200) Phaethon is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1983 that has large inclination and eccentricity. Here, the authors perform polarimetric observation of Phaethon over a wide range of solar phase angle and report that the asteroid exhibits a very strong linear polarization.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04727-2
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author Takashi Ito
Masateru Ishiguro
Tomoko Arai
Masataka Imai
Tomohiko Sekiguchi
Yoonsoo P. Bach
Yuna G. Kwon
Masanori Kobayashi
Ryo Ishimaru
Hiroyuki Naito
Makoto Watanabe
Kiyoshi Kuramoto
spellingShingle Takashi Ito
Masateru Ishiguro
Tomoko Arai
Masataka Imai
Tomohiko Sekiguchi
Yoonsoo P. Bach
Yuna G. Kwon
Masanori Kobayashi
Ryo Ishimaru
Hiroyuki Naito
Makoto Watanabe
Kiyoshi Kuramoto
Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon
Nature Communications
author_facet Takashi Ito
Masateru Ishiguro
Tomoko Arai
Masataka Imai
Tomohiko Sekiguchi
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Yuna G. Kwon
Masanori Kobayashi
Ryo Ishimaru
Hiroyuki Naito
Makoto Watanabe
Kiyoshi Kuramoto
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title Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon
title_short Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon
title_full Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon
title_fullStr Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon
title_full_unstemmed Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon
title_sort extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) phaethon
publisher Nature Publishing Group
series Nature Communications
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publishDate 2018-06-01
description (3200) Phaethon is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1983 that has large inclination and eccentricity. Here, the authors perform polarimetric observation of Phaethon over a wide range of solar phase angle and report that the asteroid exhibits a very strong linear polarization.
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04727-2
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