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Prospects for Improving the Masses of (1)Ceres and (4) Vesta Prior to Dawn's
Arrival at These Dwarf Planets
James HiltonAstronomical Applications Dept.
U.S. Naval Observatory
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In its purest form, minor planet massdetermination can be reduced to ascattering problem.
tan 1/2 = G (M + m) / v2 b
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The problems indetermining are:
1. It is usuallysmall
2. The perturbingbody isimmersedwithin the mainbelt itself. Thus,there are many small perturbations that serveto add noise to the large perturbation.
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The idea is to look for encounters that are strongenough that a minor planet’s mass can bedetermined in a short amount of time before themultiple small perturbations of other minorplanets on the test body become a limiting factor.
The most significant way in which thechange in the orbit presents itself is asthe cumulative change in longitudearising from the change in the perturbedbodies semimajor axis.
!
n =l1" l
0
t1" t
0
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The uncertainty in the semimajor axis is:
!
"a
=2
3
a"n
n
And the uncertainty in the mass of theperturbing asteroid is:
!
"M
= M"#a
#a
Using the best current optical astrometry,the minimum a required to estimate themass of Ceres to 5% in one year is:
9.6 × 10-6 AU
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Two tests of the method:
1. Agrees with the Konopliv et al. uncertaintyin the masses for Ceres and Vesta fromobservations of Mars.
2. Agrees with Virtanen et al. estimate of theuncertainty in a from GAIA.
The method is completely general andmay be used with any massive minorplanet given an estimated mass.
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Encounters with Vesta Prior to October 2011
1.2 % 10-4–382.3692011.54 2004 RO69
6.4 % 10-8–1142.4052008.76 1999 CF34
–4.3 % 10-81642.3302007.18 2001 XG49
4.4 % 10-7–852.3922006.31 2003 GH7
–3.8 % 10-6552.3442005.8789391 2001 VU108
(AU)(m/s)(AU)
avaDatePerturbed Asteroid
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Major Encounters with Ceres Prior toFebruary 2015
–3.2 % 10-5202.7342014.08104241 2000 EB134
6.2 % 10-2–12.8022013.14 2000 EM61
7.2 % 10-5102.8662012.52 52179 1998 FV130
1.3 % 10-4182.7492008.58 4325 Guest2.2 % 10-5182.7292006.34 2000 GT118
4.7 % 10-462.8652005.69 2004 BW137
(AU)(m/s)(AU)avaDatePerturbed Asteroid
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These perturbed bodies are quite dim. TheirV magnitudes at mean opposition are:
2004 BW137 20.64325 Guest 15.7 2000 EM61 18.7
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Thus,They can only be observed for a fewweeks near opposition.Only Guest’s positions may be reducedusing the very accurate catalogs such as theUCAC.Using less accurate catalogs the individualpositions may be an order of magnitude lessaccurate.
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2004 BW137The encounter with Ceres occurred in2005. Thus, its usefulness is dependent onpre-existing observations.The AstDys web site gives an uncertaintyin a of 5 x 10-7 AU from 34 observationsmade between 2000 and 2005. Thus, thepotential exists to determine the mass ofCeres to under 1%.
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2000 EM61The potential change in its semimajor axis isextremely high.However, it is also in a regime where thechange in a is sensitive to initial conditions.
A increase of 1ms-1 in the encountervelocity will decrease the change in ato 1/32. its calculated value.
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TheEnd
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It would take an error of 3 x 10-4 AU in a of2000 EM61 to cause an error of 1ms-1
The current uncertainty in a is 5 x 10-6 AU(from the AstDys web site)The calculations were made usingosculating elementsThe expected change in osculatingelements from planetary perturbationsshould be well under 10-3 AU.Thus, 2000 EM61 should provide anexcellent mass for Ceres.
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There are no encounters prior to Dawn’sarrival at Vesta useful for improving thedetermination of its mass.There are several encounters that mayallow improvement in determining Ceres’mass.
In particular, observations of 2004 BW137,4325 Guest, and 2000 EM61 may make itpossible to determine Ceres’ mass to anuncertainty of less than 1%.
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• Current State and Practical Limits ofAsteroid Mass Determinations
• Filtering to Find Candidate PerturbedBodies
Coplanar Circular OrbitsElliptical Non-coplanar Orbits
• Filtering Results for Ceres and Vesta
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The pre-encounter velocity of a test body with respect toCeres and Vesta as a function of Δa, assuming both bodiesare on circular, coplanar orbits.
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The deflection of a test body with respect to Ceres andVesta as a function of Δa, assuming both bodies are oncircular, coplanar orbits.
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!
"a =2v # $va
t
2
µ?
The change in the semimajor axis of theperturbed body is:
After a bit of math the change in thesemimajor axis of the perturbed body isfound to be:
!
"a # $a %3$a2
4am
&
' (
)
* + 1% cos,[ ]
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0.00150.0026Distance of Maximum δa
0.00250.0044Maximum δa
1.7 % 10-63.2 % 10-6Radius
5 % 10-65 % 10-6Minimum Distance
0.00600.0125Maximum Distance
Vesta(AU)
Ceres(AU)
Quantity
Parameters for determining the masses of Ceres and Vestato 5% in a year assuming coplanar circular orbits.
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The non-coplanar elliptical case is muchmore difficult than the coplanar ellipticalcase.Thus, rather than searching for an analyticsolution, a number of metrics to limit thephase space are devised.
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Since the velocity of the encounter is nolonger dictated by the distance, an estimateof the maximum encounter velocity isneeded.Take 1/2 the maximum velocity of anencounter where the perturbed body justskims the surface of the massive body
!
vmax
= 21
4µM
r
vmax(Ceres) = 430 m s-1
vmax(Vesta) = 350 m s-1
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Inclination1. Any motion out of the plane of the
massive body increases the distance asthe two bodies move away from thenodes.imax(Ceres) ≈ 15.´5 imax(Vesta) ≈ 8.´7
2. Since δa } v $ Δv any velocity componentout of the plane of the massive body
contributes nothing to δa.imax(Ceres) ≈ 0.012 = 41´imax(Vesta) ≈ 0.009 = 31´
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Eccentricity
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For two asteroids with the same semimajoraxis, but different eccentricities:
!
cos" = #e1
+ e2
e1e2
+1
The components of their velocity vectors atan encounter are:
!
vx
= "na
2sinE
r
!
vy = "na
21" e
2cosE
r
and
!
r = a(e1e2
+1)
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Solving for the relative speed, s, of theencounter gives:
!
s "µ
?
a#e = n#e
Using the values for the maximumencounter speed previously calculated gives
emax(Ceres) ≈ 0.012emax(Vesta) ≈ 0.009
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Longitude of Perihelion
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From the equation of a conic section the twoellipses rotated by will meet when
!
cos" = cos(" + #)
This easily solves to
!
tan" =cos# $1
sin#
And with some work you can show
!
" =#
2
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Solving for the relative speed, s, of theencounter gives:
!
s " v 2# $# 3
3+3
4# 3e
%
& '
(
) *
Using the values for the maximumencounter speed previously calculated gives
max(Ceres) ≈ 0.0060 = 21'max(Vesta) ≈ 0.0045 = 16'
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Limits to the Difference in Semimajor Axis, a
As with a circular orbit, the relative speed ofan encounter depends on the semimajor axis.However, in the case of an elliptical orbit itdepends on the current distance from theSun as well. After some algebra:
!
"a = 2µM
µ?
#
$ %
&
' ( a6
)a
*
+ ,
-
. /
1
5
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Using the values for the minimum change indistance previously calculated gives
amax(Ceres) ≈ 0.073 AU
amax(Vesta) ≈ 0.037 AUApproximately 1/2 the values determined forthe coplanar circular orbits case.
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ReferenceNo. BodiesUncertaintyMass
Krasinsky40.114.79Michalak250.044.70Hilton20.044.39Kuznetsov220.084.84Rapaport70.054.71Muinonen40.074.92Carpino50.094.67Bowell60.064.85Sitarski20.084.80Standish10.25.0
A Sample of Ceres Masses in the Literature
The average is 1.7% of the mass determined but ther.m.s. of the mass determinations is 9.1%.
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Based on the mass determinations since2000 and careful reading of the papers, I’destimate the most likely mass for Ceres tobe:
4.73 x 10-10 M
With a realistic uncertainty of 3–5%.