期刊
MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
卷 508, 期 3, 页码 3684-3696出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/mnras/stab2743
关键词
meteorites; meteors; meteoroids
资金
- NASA [80NSSC21M0073]
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada [RGPIN-2018-05659]
- Canada Research Chair Program
In a 4-year survey using Electron Multiplied Charged Coupled Device cameras, 1068 iron meteoroids were identified based on their physical properties. These iron candidates are most abundant in slow-speed meteors, with asteroidal orbits and highly evolved orbits. Future identification techniques using R-band colours could provide a more robust way of identifying fainter iron meteors.
We report results of a 4-yr survey using Electron Multiplied Charged Coupled Device cameras recording 34 761 two-station video meteor events complete to a limiting magnitude of +6. The survey goal was to characterize probable iron meteoroids. Using only physical properties of the meteor trajectories including early peaking light curves, short luminous trajectories, and high energies accumulated per area at beginning, we identified 1068 iron meteors. Our iron candidates are most abundant at slow speeds <15 km s(-1), where they make up approximate to 20 per cent of the mm-sized meteoroid population. They are overwhelmingly on asteroidal orbits, and have particularly low orbital eccentricities and smaller semimajor axes when compared to non-irons between 10 and 20 km s(-1). Our iron population appears to be more numerous at fainter magnitudes, comprising 15 per cent of slow (10-15 km s(-1)) meteors with peak brightness of +3 with the fraction rising to 25 per cent at +6 to +7, our survey limit. The iron orbits are most consistent with an asteroidal source and are in highly evolved orbits, suggesting long collisional lifetimes (10(7) yr). Metal-rich chondrules (nodules) found in abundance in EL chondrites are one possible source for this population. We also propose a possible technique using R-band colours to more robustly identify fainter iron meteors with very high confidence.
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