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词条 9 Metis
释义

  1. Discovery and naming

  2. Characteristics

  3. Mass

  4. Family relationships

  5. Occultations

  6. See also

  7. References

  8. External links

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| minorplanet = yes
| background=#D6D6D6
| name=9 Metis
| image= 9Metis (Lightcurve Inversion).png
| image_size= 280
| caption=Lightcurve-based 3D-model of Metis
| symbol=
| discoverer=A. Graham
| discovered=25 April 1848
| mpc_name=(9) Metis
| alt_names={{mp|1974 QU|2}}
| pronounced = {{IPAc-en|ˈ|m|iː|t|ᵻ|s}}
| named_after = Mētis
| adjectives = Metidian {{IPAc-en|m|ɛ|ˈ|t|ɪ|d|i|ə|n}}
| mp_category=Main belt
| orbit_ref =[1]
| epoch=14 July 2004 (JD 2453200.5)
| semimajor=357.052 Gm (2.387 AU)
| perihelion=313.556 Gm (2.096 AU)
| aphelion=400.548 Gm (2.678 AU)
| eccentricity=0.122
| period=1346.815 d (3.69 a)
| inclination=5.576°
| asc_node=68.982°
| arg_peri=5.489°
| mean_anomaly=274.183°
| p_orbit_ref =[2]
| p_semimajor = 2.3864354
| p_eccentricity = 0.1271833
| p_inclination = 4.6853629°
| p_mean_motion = 97.638314
| perihelion_rate = 38.754973
| node_rate = −41.998090
| dimensions=222×182×130 km[3]
235×195×140 km[4][3][4]
190 km (Dunham)[1]
| mass=(1.47±0.20){{e|19}} kg[3]
| density=4.12±1.33 g/cm³[3]
| rotation=0.2116 d (5.079 h)[1]
| spectral_type=S [5]
| magnitude = 8.1[6] to 11.83
| abs_magnitude=6.28[1]
| albedo=0.118[1]
| angular_size = 0.23" to 0.071"
| single_temperature=max: 282 K (+9 °C)[7]
}}Metis (minor planet designation: 9 Metis) is one of the larger main-belt asteroids. It is composed of silicates and metallic nickel-iron, and may be the core remnant of a large asteroid that was destroyed by an ancient collision.[8] Metis is estimated to contain just under half a percent of the total mass of the asteroid belt.[3]

Discovery and naming

Metis was discovered by Andrew Graham on 25 April 1848, at Markree Observatory in Ireland; it was his only asteroid discovery.[9] It also has been the only asteroid to have been discovered as a result of observations from Ireland until 7 October 2008, when, 160 years later, Dave McDonald from observatory J65 discovered (281507) 2008 TM9.[10] Its name comes from the mythological Metis, a Titaness and Oceanid, daughter of Tethys and Oceanus.[11] The name Thetis was also considered and rejected (it would later devolve to 17 Thetis).

Characteristics

Metis' direction of rotation is unknown at present, due to ambiguous data. Lightcurve analysis indicates that the Metidian pole points towards either ecliptic coordinates (β, λ) = (23°, 181°) or (9°, 359°) with a 10° uncertainty.[3] The equivalent equatorial coordinates are (α, δ) = (12.7 h, 21°) or (23.7 h, 8°). This gives an axial tilt of 72° or 76°, respectively.{{Citation needed|date=June 2007}}

Hubble space telescope images[4][12] and lightcurve analyses[3] are in agreement that Metis has an irregular elongated shape with one pointed and one broad end.[3][12] Radar observations suggest the presence of a significant flat area,[13] in agreement with the shape model from lightcurves.

The Metidian surface composition has been estimated as 30–40% metal-bearing olivine and 60–70% Ni-Fe metal.[8]

Light curve data on Metis led to an assumption that it could have a satellite. However, subsequent observations failed to confirm this.[14][15] Later searches with the Hubble Space Telescope in 1993 found no satellites.[12]

Mass

In 2007, Baer and Chesley estimated Metis to have a mass of 1.6-to-2.5{{e|19}} kg.[16] This would give this stony asteroid a density of about 6 (3.3 to 8.9) g/cm³.[16] A more recent estimate by Baer suggests it has a mass of (1.47±0.20){{e|19}} kg.[17] Metis appears to be more dense than most other asteroids with a diameter close to 200 km. This may support the theory that Metis is the core remnant of a large evolved asteroid for which 90% of the original mass has been lost.[8]

Metis passed within 0.034AU, or {{convert|5000000|km|mi}}, of Vesta on 19 August 2004.[18]

Family relationships

Metis was once considered to be a member of an asteroid family known as the Metis family,[19] but more recent searches for prominent families did not recognize any such group, nor is a clump evident in the vicinity of Metis by visual inspection of proper orbital element diagrams.

However, a spectroscopic analysis found strong spectral similarities between Metis and 113 Amalthea, and it is suggested that these asteroids may be remnants of a very old (at least ~1 Ga) dynamical family whose smaller members have been pulverised by collisions or perturbed away from the vicinity. The putative parent body is estimated to have been 300 to 600 km in diameter (Vesta-sized) and differentiated.[8] Metis would be the relatively intact core remnant, and Amalthea a fragment of the mantle.[8] Coincidentally, both Metis and Amalthea have namesakes among Jupiter's inner moons. 16 Psyche is a larger and heavier core remnant.

Occultations

In 1984 an occultation of a star produced seven chords that Kristensen used to derive an ellipsoidal profile of 210×170km.[20] On 6 August 1989, Metis occulted a magnitude 8.7 star producing five chords suggesting a diameter of 173.5 km.[20] Observations of an occultation on 11 February 2006, produced only two chords indicating a minimum diameter 156 km.[21] All three of these occultations fit the ellipsoid 222×182×130 km suggested by Baer.[17]

On March 7, 2014, Metis occulted the star HIP 78193 (magnitude 7.9) over parts of Europe and the Middle East.[22][23]

See also

  • Former classification of planets
  • Comet seeker

References

1. ^{{cite web |type=last observation: 9 September 2008 |title=JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 9 Metis |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9 |accessdate=10 November 2008}}
2. ^{{cite web |title=AstDyS-2 Metis Synthetic Proper Orbital Elements |publisher=Department of Mathematics, University of Pisa, Italy |url=http://hamilton.dm.unipi.it/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.6&n=9 |accessdate=1 October 2011}}
3. ^J. Torppa et al., Shapes and rotational properties of thirty asteroids from photometric data, Icarus Vol. 164, p. 346 (2003).
4. ^A. D. Storrs et al., A closer look at main-belt asteroids 1: WF/PC images, Icarus Vol. 173, p. 409 (2005).
5. ^asteroid lightcurve data file (March 2001)
6. ^{{cite book | author=Donald H. Menzel | author2=Jay M. Pasachoff | last-author-amp=yes | date=1983 | title=A Field Guide to the Stars and Planets | edition=2nd | publisher=Houghton Mifflin | pages=391 | location=Boston, MA | isbn=0-395-34835-8 }}
7. ^L. F. Lim et al., Thermal infrared (8–13 µm) spectra of 29 asteroids: the Cornell Mid-Infrared Asteroid Spectroscopy (MIDAS) Survey, Icarus Vol. 173, p. 385 (2005).
8. ^{{cite journal |last=Kelley |first=Michael S |author2=Michael J. Gaffey |title=9 Metis and 113 Amalthea: A Genetic Asteroid Pair |journal=Icarus |volume=144 |issue=1 |pages=27–38 |date=2000 |doi=10.1006/icar.1999.6266 |bibcode=2000Icar..144...27K}}
9. ^Graham, A.; New Planet, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 8, No. 6 (dated 14 April 1848!), p. 146 (signed 29 April 1848; the discovery was first announced on 27 April)
10. ^{{cite web |date=10 October 2008 |title=Amateur Astronomer Becomes Second Ever to Discover Asteroid from Ireland, After 160 Years |publisher=International Year of Astronomy in Ireland |url=http://astronomy2009.ie/news/second_irish_amateur_astron.html |accessdate=2 March 2009|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721122044/http://astronomy2009.ie/news/second_irish_amateur_astron.html|archivedate=21 July 2011}}
11. ^Graham, A.; Metis, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Vol. 8, No. 7 (dated 12 May 1848), pp. 147–150
12. ^Hubble Space Telescope observations {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030022816/http://web.media.mit.edu/~win/hstpub.pdf |date=30 October 2008 }}
13. ^D. L. Mitchell et al., Radar Observations of Asteroids 7 Iris, 9 Metis, 12 Victoria, 216 Kleopatra, and 654 Zelinda, Icarus Vol. 118, p. 105 (1995).
14. ^research at IMCCE {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020612093733/http://www.bdl.fr/observateur/binast/binary_ast.php |date=12 June 2002 }} (in French)
15. ^"other" reports of asteroid companions
16. ^{{cite journal |last=Baer |first=James |authorlink=James Baer |author2=Steven R. Chesley |author2-link=Steven R. Chesley |title=Astrometric masses of 21 asteroids, and an integrated asteroid ephemeris |journal=Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy |volume=100 |issue=2008 |pages=27–42 |publisher=Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2007 |url=http://www.springerlink.com/content/h747307j43863228/fulltext.pdf |format=PDF |doi=10.1007/s10569-007-9103-8 |accessdate=10 November 2008 |date=2007 |bibcode = 2008CeMDA.100...27B }}
17. ^{{cite web |date=2010 |title=Recent Asteroid Mass Determinations |publisher=Personal Website |author=Jim Baer |url=http://home.earthlink.net/~jimbaer1/astmass.txt |accessdate=13 February 2011}}
18. ^{{cite web |date=15 March 2009 |title=JPL Close-Approach Data: 9 Metis |url=http://ssd.jpl.nasa.gov/sbdb.cgi?sstr=9;cad=1#cad |accessdate=6 May 2009}}
19. ^J. G. Williams, Asteroid Families – An Initial Search, Icarus Vol. 96, p. 251 (1992).
20. ^{{cite journal |last1=Kissling |first1=W.M |last2=Blow |first2=G. L. |last3=Allen |first3=W. H. |last4=Priestley |first4=J. |last5=Riley |first5=P. |last6=Daalder |first6=P. |last7=George |first7=M. |title=The Diameter of 9 Metis from the Occultation of SAO:190531 |journal=Proceedings of the Astronomical Society of Australia |volume=9 |pages=150 |date=1991 |bibcode=1991PASAu...9..150K}}
21. ^{{cite web |title = Occultation of TYC 0862-00695-1 by (9) Metis 2006 February 11 |publisher = Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand |url = http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2006/results/060211_Metis.htm |accessdate = 6 December 2008 |deadurl = yes |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20080827155624/http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2006/results/060211_Metis.htm |archivedate = 27 August 2008 |df = dmy-all}} (Chords) {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724205049/http://occsec.wellington.net.nz/planet/2006/results/060211_Metis_PlotColour.gif |date=24 July 2011 }}
22. ^Asteroid Occulations {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306184634/http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2014_03/0307_9_32274.htm |date=6 March 2014 }}
23. ^Map {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140306185840/http://www.asteroidoccultation.com/2014_03/0307_9_32274_MapE.gif |date=6 March 2014 }}

External links

  • shape model deduced from lightcurve
  • "Notice of discovery of Metis", MNRAS 8 (1848) 146
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20040823231519/http://www.eaas.co.uk/news/metis.html Irish Astronomical History: Markree Castle Observatory and The Discovery of the Asteroid Metis]
  • JPL Ephemeris
  • {{cite web |title=Elements and Ephemeris for (9) Metis |publisher=Minor Planet Center |url=http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/returnprepeph.cgi?d=b2011&o=00009 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051845/http://scully.cfa.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/returnprepeph.cgi?d=b2011&o=00009 |archivedate=4 March 2016 |df=dmy-all }} (displays Elong from Sun and V mag for 2011)
  • Globe of 9 Metis
  • {{JPL small body}}
{{Minor planets navigator|8 Flora|number=9|10 Hygiea}}{{Small Solar System bodies}}{{DEFAULTSORT:000009}}

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