Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon

(3200) Phaethon is a near-Earth asteroid discovered in 1983 that has large inclination and eccentricity. Here, the authors perform polarimetric observation of Phaethon over a wide range of solar phase angle and report that the asteroid exhibits a very strong linear polarization.

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Main Authors: Takashi Ito, Masateru Ishiguro, Tomoko Arai, Masataka Imai, Tomohiko Sekiguchi, Yoonsoo P. Bach, Yuna G. Kwon, Masanori Kobayashi, Ryo Ishimaru, Hiroyuki Naito, Makoto Watanabe, Kiyoshi Kuramoto
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Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2018
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/6fb672c53c98450da24b7565b8420984
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