Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://research.matf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1166
Title: Asteroid Family Associations of Active Asteroids
Authors: Hsieh, Henry H.
Novaković, Bojan 
Kim, Yoonyoung
Brasser, Ramon
Affiliations: Astronomy 
Keywords: comets: general;minor planets, asteroids: general
Issue Date: 1-Feb-2018
Journal: Astronomical Journal
Abstract: 
We report on the results of a systematic search for associated asteroid families for all active asteroids known to date. We find that 10 out of 12 main-belt comets (MBCs) and five out of seven disrupted asteroids are linked with known or candidate families, rates that have ∼0.1% and ∼6% probabilities, respectively, of occurring by chance, given the overall family association rate of 37% for asteroids in the main asteroid belt. We find previously unidentified family associations between 238P/Read and the candidate Gorchakov family, 311P/PANSTARRS and the candidate Behrens family, 324P/La Sagra and the Alauda family, 354P/LINEAR and the Baptistina family, P/2013 R3-B (Catalina-PANSTARRS) and the Mandragora family, P/2015 X6 (PANSTARRS) and the Aeolia family, P/2016 G1 (PANSTARRS) and the Adeona family, and P/2016 J1-A/B (PANSTARRS) and the Theobalda family. All MBCs with family associations belong to families that contain asteroids with primitive taxonomic classifications and low average reported albedos (Pv ≲ 0.10), while disrupted asteroids with family associations belong to families that contain asteroids that span wider ranges of taxonomic types and average reported albedos (0.06 < Pv < 0.25). These findings are consistent with MBC activity being closely correlated to composition (i.e., whether an object is likely to contain ice), while disrupted asteroid activity is not as sensitive to composition. Given our results, we describe a sequence of processes by which the formation of young asteroid families could lead to the production of present-day MBCs.
URI: https://research.matf.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1166
ISSN: 00046256
DOI: 10.3847/1538-3881/aaa5a2
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