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.
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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2018-06-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04727-2 |
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