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Photometric observations of 107P/Wilson-Harrington |
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| Authors: | Seitaro Urakawa Shin-ichiro Okumura Tsuyoshi Sakamoto Shinsuke Abe Kohei Kitazato Sunao Hasegawa Nobuyuki Kawai Shogo Nagayama Michitoshi Yoshida |
| Affiliation: | a Bisei Spaceguard Center, Japan Spaceguard Association, 1716-3 Okura, Bisei, Ibara, Okayama 714-1411, Japan b Institute of Astronomy, National Central University, 300 Jhongda Road, Jhongli, Taoyuan 32001, Taiwan c Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea d Research Center for Advanced Information Science and Technology, University of Aizu, Aizu-Wakamatsu, Fukushima 965-8580, Japan e Okayama Astrophysical Observatory, NAOJ, 3037-5 Honjo, Kamogata, Asakuchi, Okayama 719-0232, Japan f Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 252-5210, Japan g Department of Astronomy, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan h Department of Physics, Tokyo Institute of Technology, 2-12-1 Ookayama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 152-8551, Japan i National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, 2-21-1 Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo 181-8588, Japan j Department of Physical Science, Hiroshima University, 1-3-1 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima 739-8526, Japan |
| Abstract: | We present lightcurve observations and multiband photometry for 107P/Wilson-Harrington using five small- and medium-sized telescopes. The lightcurve has shown a periodicity of 0.2979 day (7.15 h) and 0.0993 day (2.38 h), which has a commensurability of 3:1. The physical properties of the lightcurve indicate two models: (1) 107P/Wilson-Harrington is a tumbling object with a sidereal rotation period of 0.2979 day and a precession period of 0.0993 day. The shape has a long axis mode (LAM) of L1:L2:L3 = 1.0:1.0:1.6. The direction of the total rotational angular momentum is around λ = 310°, β = −10°, or λ = 132°, β = −17°. The nutation angle is approximately constant at 65°. (2) 107P/Wilson-Harrington is not a tumbler. The sidereal rotation period is 0.2979 day. The shape is nearly spherical but slightly hexagonal with a short axis mode (SAM) of L1:L2:L3 = 1.5:1.5:1.0. The pole orientation is around λ = 330°, β = −27°. In addition, the model includes the possibility of binary hosting. For both models, the sense of rotation is retrograde. Furthermore, multiband photometry indicates that the taxonomy class of 107P/Wilson-Harrington is C-type. No clear rotational color variations are confirmed on the surface. |
| Keywords: | Asteroids, Rotation Comets Photometry Satellites of asteroids |
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