An overview of the LIDAR observations of asteroid 25143 Itokawa

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作者
Mukai, T. [1 ]
Abe, S. [1 ]
Hirata, N. [5 ]
Nakamura, R. [2 ]
Barnouin-Jha, O. S. [3 ]
Cheng, A. F. [3 ]
Mizuno, T. [4 ]
Hiraoka, K. [1 ]
Honda, T. [1 ]
Demura, H. [5 ]
Gaskell, R. M. [6 ]
Hashimoto, T. [4 ]
Kubota, T. [4 ]
Matsuoka, M. [7 ]
Scheeres, D. J. [8 ]
Yoshikawa, M. [4 ]
机构
[1] Kobe Univ, Grad Sch Sci & Technol, Kobe, Hyogo 6578501, Japan
[2] Natl Inst Adv Ind Sci & Technol, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3058568, Japan
[3] Johns Hopkins Univ, Appl Phys Lab, Laurel, MD 20723 USA
[4] Japan Aerosp Explorat Agcy, Inst Space & Astronaut Sci, Kanagawa 2298510, Japan
[5] Univ Aizu, Dept Comp Software, Fukushima 9658580, Japan
[6] CALTECH, Jet Prop Lab, Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
[7] NEC Aerosp Syst, Kanagawa 2240053, Japan
[8] Univ Michigan, Dept Aerosp Engn, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
关键词
asteroids; Itokawa; LIDAR; mass; density;
D O I
10.1016/j.asr.2007.04.075
中图分类号
V [航空、航天];
学科分类号
08 ; 0825 ;
摘要
We present an overview of the laser altimeter(LIDAR) results for asteroid 25143 Itokawa. The trace of a 7 x 12-m elliptical beam spot made it possible to determine the local surface topography with an accuracy of a few meters in altitude, from a home position roughly 7 km above the surface. Sequential detection of the altitude of the spacecraft during two orbital spans of descent for sampling allowed determination of the asteroid mass as 3.58 x 10(10) kg +/- 5% and 3.54 x 10(10) kg +/- 6%, which are consistent with the most probable mass estimate of 3.51 x 10(10) kg +/- 3% given by Fujiwara et al. [Fujiwara, A., Kawaguchi, J., Yeomans, D.K. et al., 2006. The rubble-pile asteroid Itokawa as observed by Hayabusa. Science 312, 1330-1334]. Together with the total volume of the asteroid deduced from a shape model (i.e., 1.84 x 10(7) m(3) +/- 3%), this estimate by LIDAR suggests that asteroid Itokawa has a low density of 1.9 g/cm(3) +/- 9% and a high bulk porosity of about 40%. (C) 2007 COSPAR. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页数:6
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