CASLEO 05526
COMPLEJO ASTRONOMICO "EL LEONCITO"
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
The CASLEO polarimetric survey of main belt asteroids: Updated results
Autor/es:
R. GIL-HUTTON, A. CELLINO, Y M. CAÑADA-ASSANDRI
Lugar:
Nantes
Reunión:
Congreso; EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011; 2011
Institución organizadora:
Europlanet
Resumen:
We present updated results of the polarimetric surveyof main-belt asteroids at Complejo AstronómicoEl Leoncito (Casleo), San Juan, Argentina, using the2.15 m telescope and the Torino and CASPROF polarimeters.The goals of this survey are to increase thedatabase of asteroid polarimetry, to estimate diversityin polarimetric properties of asteroids belonging to differenttaxonomic classes, and to search for objects thatexhibit anomalous polarimetric properties. The surveybegan in 2003, and data for a sample of more than170 asteroids have been obtained, most of them havingbeen polarimetrically observed for the first time. Usingthese data we find phase-polarization curves andpolarimetric parameters for several taxonomic classes.
