Is this project an undergraduate, graduate, or faculty project?
Graduate
Project Type
individual
Campus
Daytona Beach
Authors' Class Standing
Jarrett Dieterle, Graduate Student
Lead Presenter's Name
Jarrett Dieterle
Lead Presenter's College
DB College of Arts and Sciences
Faculty Mentor Name
Ashley Kehoe
Abstract
The Veritas asteroid family is a collection of asteroidal bodies found in the outer region of the main asteroid belt. The family's age has been estimated to be around 8 million years, and it was formed after the catastrophic breakup of a parent asteroid. After this breakup, the dust formed into apparent bands that are seen at infrared wavelengths at which Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). From the data extracted from IRAS mapped the sky. The dust bands are a fine structure component of the cloud that can be extracted using Fouier-filtering techniques. The filtered data shows peaks located at about positive and negative 10 degrees ecliptic latitude. Here we show these filtered observations. The variation of this structure around the sky will shows evidence of a possible, much more recent, secondary disruption within he band. Constraining the spatial variation of the structure around the sky will help place constraints on the orbital elements of the material producing the secondary structure. Future goals of this project are to take the those constraints and use them with a dynamical evolution code that will simulate the breakup and subsequent dynamical evolution. This will show preliminary proof that the Veritas family underwent a second catastrophic breakup much more recently.
Did this research project receive funding support (Spark, SURF, Research Abroad, Student Internal Grants, Collaborative, Climbing, or Ignite Grants) from the Office of Undergraduate Research?
No
Modeling a Potential Secondary Catastrophic Disruption of the Veritas Asteroid Family
The Veritas asteroid family is a collection of asteroidal bodies found in the outer region of the main asteroid belt. The family's age has been estimated to be around 8 million years, and it was formed after the catastrophic breakup of a parent asteroid. After this breakup, the dust formed into apparent bands that are seen at infrared wavelengths at which Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS). From the data extracted from IRAS mapped the sky. The dust bands are a fine structure component of the cloud that can be extracted using Fouier-filtering techniques. The filtered data shows peaks located at about positive and negative 10 degrees ecliptic latitude. Here we show these filtered observations. The variation of this structure around the sky will shows evidence of a possible, much more recent, secondary disruption within he band. Constraining the spatial variation of the structure around the sky will help place constraints on the orbital elements of the material producing the secondary structure. Future goals of this project are to take the those constraints and use them with a dynamical evolution code that will simulate the breakup and subsequent dynamical evolution. This will show preliminary proof that the Veritas family underwent a second catastrophic breakup much more recently.