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Dynamical properties of Watsonia asteroid family

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 January 2015

Georgios Tsirvoulis ,
Bojan Novaković ,
Zoran Knežević  and
Alberto Cellino
Georgios Tsirvoulis
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Volgina 7, 11060 Belgrade 38, Serbia
Bojan Novaković
Affiliation:
Department of Astronomy, University of Belgrade, Serbia
Zoran Knežević
Affiliation:
Astronomical Observatory, Volgina 7, 11060 Belgrade 38, Serbia
Alberto Cellino
Affiliation:
INAF-Osservatorio Astrofisico di Torino, Pino Torinese 10025, Italy
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Abstract

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In recent years, a rare class of asteroids has been discovered by Cellino et al. (2006), with its distinguishing characteristic being the anomalous polarimetric properties of its members. Named Barbarians, after (234) Barbara, the prototype of the class, these asteroids show negative polarization at unusually high phase-angles compared to normal asteroids. Motivated by the fact that some of the few discovered Barbarians seemed to be related to the Watsonia asteroid family, Cellino et al. (2014) performed a search for more Barbarians among its members. A positive result of this search led to the conclusion that Watsonia is indeed an important repository of Barbarian asteroids. Based on these findings, we decided to analyze this family in detail.

Keywords

asteroidsmethods: numericalasteroid familiestransport mechanisms
Type
Contributed Papers
Information
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union , Volume 9 , Issue S310: Complex Planetary Systems , July 2014 , pp. 180 - 181
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2014 

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