FOSSIL. II. Subaru/HSC light curves of Hildas

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Using the high-cadence lightcurves collected from the FOSSIL survey, rotation periods of 17 small (diameter 1km<D<3km) Hilda asteroids (hereinafter Hildas) were obtained. Combined with the previously measured rotation periods of Hildas, a spin-rate limit appears at around 3hr. Assuming rubble-pile structures for the Hildas, a bulk density of ~1.5g/cm^3^ is required to withstand this spin-rate limit. This value is similar to that of the C-type asteroids (1.33g/cm^3^) and higher than the ~1g/cm^3^ bulk density of the Jupiter Trojans. This suggests that the Hildas population may contain more C-type asteroids than expected, and the limit at 3hr simply reflects the spin-rate limit for C-type asteroids. In addition, a Hilda superfast rotator was found, which has a rotation period of 1.633hr and an estimated diameter of 0.7km. This object is unlikely to be explained by a rubble-pile or monolithic structure.

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DOI http://doi.org/10.26093/cds/vizier.22590007
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Creator Chang C.-K.; Chen Y.-T.; Fraser W.C.; Lehner M.J.; Wang S.-Y.,Alexandersen M.; Choi Y.-J.; Granados Contreras A.P.; Ito T.; JeongAhn Y.,Ji J.; Kavelaars J.J.; Kim M.-J.; Lawler S.M.; Li J.; Lin Z.-Y.,Lykawka P.S.; Moon H.-K.; More S.; Munoz-Gutierrez M.; Ohtsuki K.,Pike R.E.; Terai T.; Urakawa S.; Yoshida F.; Zhang H.; Zhao H.; Zhou J.-L.,The FOSSIL Collaboration
Publisher CDS
Publication Year 2022
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Resource Type Dataset; AstroObjects
Discipline Astrophysics and Astronomy; Natural Sciences; Observational Astronomy; Physics; Solar System Astronomy