Polarimetry of E-type asteroid 64 Angelina
| 1Zaitsev, SV, 1Kiselev, NN, 1Rosenbush, VK, 2Kolesnikov, SV, 3Antonyuk, KA 1Main Astronomical Observatory of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine 2Scientific Research Institute "Astronomical Observatory" of Odessa I. I. Mechnikov National University, Odessa, Ukraine 3Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Nauchny, Ukraine |
| Kinemat. fiz. nebesnyh tel (Online) 2014, 30(3):71- |
| Start Page: Dynamics and Physics of Solar System Bodies |
| Language: Russian |
Abstract: We present our results of polarimetric observations of high-albedo asteroid 64 Angelina which were carried out from 28 September to 9 October 2011, on 15 November 2011, and on 18 September 2012. We used the 1.25-m telescope equipped with the UBVRI double image chopping photoelectric polarimeter and the 2.6-m telescope equipped with a one-channel photoelectric photometer-polarimeter (the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory, Ukraine). Our observations fully confirm the presence of polarization opposition effect for asteroid 64 Angelina and are in good agreement with previous observations. Our results are discussed in terms of existing models for light scattering by regolith surfaces. |
| Keywords: asteroid, scattering of light |
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