Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data

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Di Sisto, Romina Paula; Brunini, Adrian
Año de publicación
2011
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inglés
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Context: Phoebe is one of the irregular satellites of Saturn. The images taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft have allowed us to analyze its surface and the craters on it. Aims: We study the craters on Phoebe produced by both Centaur objects from the scattered disk (SD) and plutinos that have escaped from the 3:2 mean motion resonance with Neptune and compare our results with the observations by Cassini. Methods: We use previously developed simulations of trans-Neptunian objects and a method that allows us to derive the number of craters and the cratering rate on Phoebe. Results: We determine the number of craters and the largest crater on Phoebe produced by Centaurs in the present configuration of the solar system. We obtain a present normalized rate of encounters of Centaurs with Saturn of F˙ = 7.1 × 10−11 per year, from which we can infer the current cratering rate on Phoebe for each crater diameter. Conclusions: Our study and comparison with observations suggest that the main crater features on Phoebe are unlikely to have been produced in the present configuration of the solar system but that they must have been created instead when the SD were depleted in the early solar system. If this is indeed what happened and the craters were produced when Phoebe was a satellite of Saturn, then it must have been captured, very early on in the evolution of the solar system.
Fil: Di Sisto, Romina Paula. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Brunini, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
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spelling Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s dataDi Sisto, Romina PaulaBrunini, AdrianMethodNumericalKuiperBelthttps://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1Context: Phoebe is one of the irregular satellites of Saturn. The images taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft have allowed us to analyze its surface and the craters on it. Aims: We study the craters on Phoebe produced by both Centaur objects from the scattered disk (SD) and plutinos that have escaped from the 3:2 mean motion resonance with Neptune and compare our results with the observations by Cassini. Methods: We use previously developed simulations of trans-Neptunian objects and a method that allows us to derive the number of craters and the cratering rate on Phoebe. Results: We determine the number of craters and the largest crater on Phoebe produced by Centaurs in the present configuration of the solar system. We obtain a present normalized rate of encounters of Centaurs with Saturn of F˙ = 7.1 × 10−11 per year, from which we can infer the current cratering rate on Phoebe for each crater diameter. Conclusions: Our study and comparison with observations suggest that the main crater features on Phoebe are unlikely to have been produced in the present configuration of the solar system but that they must have been created instead when the SD were depleted in the early solar system. If this is indeed what happened and the craters were produced when Phoebe was a satellite of Saturn, then it must have been captured, very early on in the evolution of the solar system.Fil: Di Sisto, Romina Paula. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; ArgentinaFil: Brunini, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; ArgentinaEdp Sciences2011-10info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/11336/9556Di Sisto, Romina Paula; Brunini, Adrian; Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data; Edp Sciences; Astronomy And Astrophysics; 534; 10-2011; 1-60004-6361enginfo:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/http://www.aanda.org/index.php?option=com_article&access=doi&doi=10.1051/0004-6361/201116988&Itemid=129info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1051/0004-6361/201116988info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/url/https://arxiv.org/abs/1108.3808info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ar/reponame:CONICET Digital (CONICET)instname:Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas2025-09-29T10:06:59Zoai:ri.conicet.gov.ar:11336/9556instacron:CONICETInstitucionalhttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://ri.conicet.gov.ar/oai/requestdasensio@conicet.gov.ar; lcarlino@conicet.gov.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:34982025-09-29 10:06:59.822CONICET Digital (CONICET) - Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicasfalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
title Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
spellingShingle Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
Di Sisto, Romina Paula
Method
Numerical
Kuiper
Belt
title_short Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
title_full Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
title_fullStr Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
title_full_unstemmed Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
title_sort Origin of craters on Phoebe: comparison with Cassini’s data
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Di Sisto, Romina Paula
Brunini, Adrian
author Di Sisto, Romina Paula
author_facet Di Sisto, Romina Paula
Brunini, Adrian
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author2 Brunini, Adrian
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Method
Numerical
Kuiper
Belt
topic Method
Numerical
Kuiper
Belt
purl_subject.fl_str_mv https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1.3
https://purl.org/becyt/ford/1
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Context: Phoebe is one of the irregular satellites of Saturn. The images taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft have allowed us to analyze its surface and the craters on it. Aims: We study the craters on Phoebe produced by both Centaur objects from the scattered disk (SD) and plutinos that have escaped from the 3:2 mean motion resonance with Neptune and compare our results with the observations by Cassini. Methods: We use previously developed simulations of trans-Neptunian objects and a method that allows us to derive the number of craters and the cratering rate on Phoebe. Results: We determine the number of craters and the largest crater on Phoebe produced by Centaurs in the present configuration of the solar system. We obtain a present normalized rate of encounters of Centaurs with Saturn of F˙ = 7.1 × 10−11 per year, from which we can infer the current cratering rate on Phoebe for each crater diameter. Conclusions: Our study and comparison with observations suggest that the main crater features on Phoebe are unlikely to have been produced in the present configuration of the solar system but that they must have been created instead when the SD were depleted in the early solar system. If this is indeed what happened and the craters were produced when Phoebe was a satellite of Saturn, then it must have been captured, very early on in the evolution of the solar system.
Fil: Di Sisto, Romina Paula. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico La Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata; Argentina
Fil: Brunini, Adrian. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico la Plata. Instituto de Astrofísica de la Plata; Argentina. Universidad Nacional de la Plata. Facultad de Ciencias Astronómicas y Geofísicas; Argentina
description Context: Phoebe is one of the irregular satellites of Saturn. The images taken by the Cassini-Huygens spacecraft have allowed us to analyze its surface and the craters on it. Aims: We study the craters on Phoebe produced by both Centaur objects from the scattered disk (SD) and plutinos that have escaped from the 3:2 mean motion resonance with Neptune and compare our results with the observations by Cassini. Methods: We use previously developed simulations of trans-Neptunian objects and a method that allows us to derive the number of craters and the cratering rate on Phoebe. Results: We determine the number of craters and the largest crater on Phoebe produced by Centaurs in the present configuration of the solar system. We obtain a present normalized rate of encounters of Centaurs with Saturn of F˙ = 7.1 × 10−11 per year, from which we can infer the current cratering rate on Phoebe for each crater diameter. Conclusions: Our study and comparison with observations suggest that the main crater features on Phoebe are unlikely to have been produced in the present configuration of the solar system but that they must have been created instead when the SD were depleted in the early solar system. If this is indeed what happened and the craters were produced when Phoebe was a satellite of Saturn, then it must have been captured, very early on in the evolution of the solar system.
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