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  • frequency of Hyperbolic and interstellar meteoroids
    Meteoritics & Planetary Science, 2014
    Co-Authors: Maria Hajdukova, Leonard Kornos, Juraj Toth
    Abstract:

    Hyperbolic meteor Orbits from the catalog of 64,650 meteors observed by the multistation video meteor network located in Japan (SonotaCo 2009) have been investigated with the aim of determining the relation between the frequency of Hyperbolic and interstellar meteors. The proportion of Hyperbolic meteors in the data decreased significantly (from 11.58% to 3.28%) after a selection of quality Orbits, which shows its dependence on the quality of observations. Initially, the Hyperbolic Orbits were searched for meteors unbound due to planetary perturbation. It was determined that 22 meteors from the 7489 Hyperbolic Orbits in the catalog (and 2 from the selection of the Orbits with the highest quality) had had a close encounter with a planet, none of which, however, produced essential changes in their Orbits. Similarly, the fraction of Hyperbolic Orbits in the data, which could be Hyperbolic by reason of a meteor's interstellar origin, was determined to be at most 3.9 × 10−2. From the statistical point of view, the vast majority of Hyperbolic meteors in the database have definitely been caused by inaccuracy in the velocity determination. This fact does not necessarily assume great measurement errors, since, especially near the parabolic limit, a small error in the value of the heliocentric velocity of a meteor can create an artificial Hyperbolic Orbit that does not really exist. The results show that the remaining 96% of meteoroids with apparent Hyperbolic Orbits belong to the solar system meteoroid population. This is also supported by their high abundance (about 50%) among the meteor showers.

  • interstellar meteoroids in the japanese tv catalogue
    Publications of the Astronomical Society of Japan, 2011
    Co-Authors: Maria Hajdukova
    Abstract:

    The present work is based on an analysis of the 14763 precise determined meteor Orbits collected in the Japanese tv catalogue (SonotaCo 2009), with the aim of determining the real proportion of interstellar meteors in this database. If interstellar meteors are present among the registered meteor Orbits, the distribution of the excesses of their heliocentric velocities should correspond to the distribution of the radial velocities of close stars. For the velocity vi = 20 km s 1 of an interstellar meteor, with respect to the Sun, we obtain a heliocentric velocity of vH = 46.6 km s 1 of an interstellar meteor arriving at Earth. Any error in the determination of vH , especially near the parabolic limit, can create an artificial Hyperbolic Orbit that does not really exist. The analysis of the data did not produce any convincing arguments in favour of the existence of true Hyperbolic meteors in the catalogue. It was shown that the vast majority of the 484 Hyperbolic Orbits has been caused by an overestimation of their velocity, and approximately 50% of them belong to meteor showers. Furthermore, the Hyperbolic excesses of the velocities in all cases are very low, about one order less than the velocity distribution of neighbouring stars suggest. The upper limit of the proportion of possible interstellar meteors to interplanetary ones among all investigated meteor Orbits in the database is 1.3 10 .

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  • 1i 2017 u1 oumuamua is hot imaging spectroscopy and search of meteor activity
    The Astrophysical Journal, 2017
    Co-Authors: Qicheng Zhang, Michael S P Kelley, P Brown
    Abstract:

    1I/2017 U1 ('Oumuamua), a recently discovered asteroid in a Hyperbolic Orbit, is likely the first macroscopic object of extrasolar origin identified in the solar system. Here, we present imaging and spectroscopic observations of 'Oumuamua using the Palomar Hale Telescope as well as a search of meteor activity potentially linked to this object using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar. We find that 'Oumuamua exhibits a moderate spectral gradient of 10% ± 6% (100 nm)^(-1), a value significantly lower than that of outer solar system bodies, indicative of a formation and/or previous residence in a warmer environment. Imaging observation and spectral line analysis show no evidence that 'Oumuamua is presently active. Negative meteor observation is as expected, since ejection driven by sublimation of commonly known cometary species such as CO requires an extreme ejection speed of ~40 m s^(−1) at ~100 au in order to reach the Earth. No obvious candidate stars are proposed as the point of origin for 'Oumuamua. Given a mean free path of ~10^9 ly in the solar neighborhood, 'Oumuamua has likely spent a very long time in interstellar space before encountering the solar system.

  • 1i 2017 u1 oumuamua is hot imaging spectroscopy and search of meteor activity
    arXiv: Earth and Planetary Astrophysics, 2017
    Co-Authors: Qicheng Zhang, Michael S P Kelley, P Brown
    Abstract:

    1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), a recently discovered asteroid in a Hyperbolic Orbit, is likely the first macroscopic object of extrasolar origin identified in the solar system. Here, we present imaging and spectroscopic observations of \textquoteleft Oumuamua using the Palomar Hale Telescope as well as a search of meteor activity potentially linked to this object using the Canadian Meteor Orbit Radar. We find that \textquoteleft Oumuamua exhibits a moderate spectral gradient of $10\%\pm6\%~(100~\mathrm{nm})^{-1}$, a value significantly lower than that of outer solar system bodies, indicative of a formation and/or previous residence in a warmer environment. Imaging observation and spectral line analysis show no evidence that \textquoteleft Oumuamua is presently active. Negative meteor observation is as expected, since ejection driven by sublimation of commonly-known cometary species such as CO requires an extreme ejection speed of $\sim40$ m s$^{-1}$ at $\sim100$ au in order to reach the Earth. No obvious candidate stars are proposed as the point of origin for \textquoteleft Oumuamua. Given a mean free path of $\sim10^9$ ly in the solar neighborhood, \textquoteleft Oumuamua has likely spent a very long time in the interstellar space before encountering the solar system.

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  • col ossos colors of the interstellar planetesimal 1i oumuamua
    The Astrophysical Journal, 2017
    Co-Authors: Michele T Bannister, Megan E Schwamb, Wesley C Fraser, Michael Marsset, A Fitzsimmons, Susan D Benecchi, Pedro Lacerda, Rosemary E Pike, J J Kavelaars
    Abstract:

    The recent discovery by Pan-STARRS1 of 1I/2017 U1 (`Oumuamua), on an unbound and Hyperbolic Orbit, offers a rare opportunity to explore the planetary formation processes of other stars, and the effect of the interstellar environment on a planetesimal surface. 1I/`Oumuamua's close encounter with the inner Solar System in 2017 October was a unique chance to make observations matching those used to characterize the small-body populations of our own Solar System. We present near-simultaneous g$^\prime$, r$^\prime$, and J photometry and colors of 1I/`Oumuamua from the 8.1-m Frederick C. Gillett Gemini North Telescope, and $gri$ photometry from the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope. Our g$^\prime$r$^\prime$J observations are directly comparable to those from the high-precision Colours of the Outer Solar System Origins Survey (Col-OSSOS), which offer unique diagnostic information for distinguishing between outer Solar System surfaces. The J-band data also provide the highest signal-to-noise measurements made of 1I/`Oumuamua in the near-infrared. Substantial, correlated near-infrared and optical variability is present, with the same trend in both near-infrared and optical. Our observations are consistent with 1I/`Oumuamua rotating with a double-peaked period of $8.10 \pm 0.42$ hours and being a highly elongated body with an axial ratio of at least 5.3:1, implying that it has significant internal cohesion. The color of the first interstellar planetesimal is at the neutral end of the range of Solar System $g-r$ and $r-J$ solar-reflectance colors: it is like that of some dynamically excited objects in the Kuiper belt and the less-red Jupiter Trojans.