scholarly journals Time-series and Phase-curve Photometry of the Episodically Active Asteroid (6478) Gault in a Quiescent State Using APO, GROWTH, P200, and ZTF

2021 ◽  
Vol 911 (2) ◽  
pp. L35
Author(s):  
Josiah N. Purdum ◽  
Zhong-Yi Lin ◽  
Bryce T. Bolin ◽  
Kritti Sharma ◽  
Philip I. Choi ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josiah Purdum ◽  
Zhong-Yi Lin ◽  
Bryce Bolin ◽  
Kritti Sharma ◽  
Philip Choi ◽  
...  

<p>We observed the episodically active asteroid (6478) Gault in 2020 with multiple telescopes in Asia and North America and found that it is no longer active after its recent outbursts at the end of 2018 and the start of 2019. The inactivity during this apparition allowed us to measure the absolute magnitude of Gault of Hr = 14.63 ± 0.02, Gr = 0.21 ± 0.02 from our secular phase-curve observations. In addition, we were able to constrain Gault’s rotation period using timeseries photometric lightcurves taken over 17 hr on multiple days in 2020 August, September, and October. The photometric lightcurves have a repeating <0.05 mag feature suggesting that (6478) Gault has a rotation period of ∼2.5 hr and may have a semispherical or top-like shape, much like the near-Earth asteroids Ryugu and Bennu. The rotation period of ∼2.5 hr is near the expected critical rotation period for an asteroid with the physical properties of (6478) Gault, suggesting that its activity observed over multiple epochs is due to surface mass shedding from its fast rotation spin-up by the Yarkovsky–O’Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect.</p>


1997 ◽  
Vol 180 ◽  
pp. 344-345
Author(s):  
L. L. Chinarova ◽  
I. L. Andronov ◽  
E. Schweitzer

Time series analysis of the brightness variations of R Aqr is based on 1521 visual observations from the AFOEV database. The statistically significant number of harmonics for the mean phase curve is m = 5. The cycle-to-cycle variations of the phase curve are present. The most stable in phase is the maximum, for which no secular period variations detected, but a secondary cycle of P2 = 3955 ± 50d and amplitude (0.032 ± 0.005)P may be suggested.


1994 ◽  
Vol 144 ◽  
pp. 279-282
Author(s):  
A. Antalová

AbstractThe occurrence of LDE-type flares in the last three cycles has been investigated. The Fourier analysis spectrum was calculated for the time series of the LDE-type flare occurrence during the 20-th, the 21-st and the rising part of the 22-nd cycle. LDE-type flares (Long Duration Events in SXR) are associated with the interplanetary protons (SEP and STIP as well), energized coronal archs and radio type IV emission. Generally, in all the cycles considered, LDE-type flares mainly originated during a 6-year interval of the respective cycle (2 years before and 4 years after the sunspot cycle maximum). The following significant periodicities were found:• in the 20-th cycle: 1.4, 2.1, 2.9, 4.0, 10.7 and 54.2 of month,• in the 21-st cycle: 1.2, 1.6, 2.8, 4.9, 7.8 and 44.5 of month,• in the 22-nd cycle, till March 1992: 1.4, 1.8, 2.4, 7.2, 8.7, 11.8 and 29.1 of month,• in all interval (1969-1992):a)the longer periodicities: 232.1, 121.1 (the dominant at 10.1 of year), 80.7, 61.9 and 25.6 of month,b)the shorter periodicities: 4.7, 5.0, 6.8, 7.9, 9.1, 15.8 and 20.4 of month.Fourier analysis of the LDE-type flare index (FI) yields significant peaks at 2.3 - 2.9 months and 4.2 - 4.9 months. These short periodicities correspond remarkably in the all three last solar cycles. The larger periodicities are different in respective cycles.


1982 ◽  
Vol 14 (3) ◽  
pp. 156-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chin-Sheng Alan Kang ◽  
David D. Bedworth ◽  
Dwayne A. Rollier

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