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{{Short description|Asteroid in the asteroid belt}}
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'''{{mp|(300163) 2006 VW|139}}''' ([[provisional designation]] '''{{mp|2006 VW|139}}''', [[List of numbered comets|periodic comet designation]] '''{{mp|288P/2006 VW|139}}''') is a [[binary asteroid|binary]] [[active asteroid]] and [[main-belt comet]] from the outer regions of the [[asteroid belt]]. The object was discovered by [[Spacewatch]] in 2006. Its binary nature was confirmed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] in September 2016.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> Both primary and its [[minor-planet moon]] are similar in mass and size, making it a true binary system.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> The components are estimated to measure 1.8 kilometers in diameter, orbiting each other at a wide separation of 104 kilometers every 135 days.<ref name="lcdb" /><ref name="johnstonsarchive" /><ref name="NASA-news-hubble" />
'''{{mp|(300163) 2006 VW|139}}''', alternative designations {{mpf|288P}} and {{mpf|P/2006 VW|139}}, is a kilometer-sized [[asteroid]] from the outer regions of the [[asteroid belt]] and the first "binary main-belt comet" ever discovered.

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{{mpf|2006 VW|139}} belongs to the exclusive class of [[main-belt comet]]s, which display properties of both [[comet]]s and asteroids. It is also a synchronous [[Binary asteroid|binary system]] and potentially the [[List of slow rotators (minor planets)#Potentially slow rotators|slowest rotator]] known to exist. The object was discovered by [[Spacewatch]] in 2006. Its binary nature was confirmed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] in September 2016.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> Both primary and its [[minor-planet moon]] are similar in mass and size, making it a true binary system.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> The components are estimated to measure 1.8 kilometers in diameter, orbiting each other at a wide separation of 104 kilometers every 135 days.<ref name="lcdb" /><ref name="johnstonsarchive" /><ref name="NASA-news-hubble" />


== Discovery ==
== Discovery ==


{{mpf|2006 VW|139}} was discovered on 15 November 2006, by the [[Spacewatch]] survey at [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]] near Tucson, Arizona.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The possible cometary activity was seen in November 2011 by [[Pan-STARRS]].<ref name="Hsieh-2012" /> Both Spacewatch and Pan-STARRS are asteroid survey projects of NASA's Near Earth Object Observations Program. After the Pan-STARRS observations it was also given a [[Naming of comets#Systematic designations|comet designation]] of {{mpf|288P}}.
{{mp|2006 VW|139}} was discovered on 15 November 2006, by the [[Spacewatch]] survey at [[Kitt Peak National Observatory]] near Tucson, Arizona.<ref name="MPC-object" /> The possible cometary activity was seen in November 2011 by [[Pan-STARRS]].<ref name="Hsieh-2012" /> Both Spacewatch and Pan-STARRS are asteroid survey projects of NASA's Near Earth Object Observations Program. After the Pan-STARRS observations it was also given a [[Naming of comets#Systematic designations|comet designation]] of {{mp|288P}}.


== Orbit and classification ==
== Orbit and classification ==


{{mpf|2006 VW|139}} is a non-family asteroid of the main-belt's background population.<ref name="Ferret" /> It is both a [[binary asteroid]] and a [[main-belt comet]], also known as "active asteroid". It orbits the Sun in the [[Kirkwood gap|outer]] main-belt at a distance of 2.4–3.7&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]] once every 5 years and 4 months (1,944 days; [[semi-major axis]] of 3.05&nbsp;AU). Its orbit has an [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.20 and an [[orbital inclination|inclination]] of 3[[Degree (angle)|°]] with respect to the [[ecliptic]].<ref name="jpldata" />
{{mp|2006 VW|139}} is a non-family asteroid of the main-belt's [[Background asteroid|background population]].<ref name="AstDys-object" /> It is both a [[binary asteroid]] and a [[main-belt comet]], also known as "active asteroid". It orbits the Sun in the [[Kirkwood gap|outer]] main-belt at a distance of 2.4–3.7&nbsp;[[Astronomical unit|AU]] once every 5 years and 4 months (1,944 days; [[semi-major axis]] of 3.05&nbsp;AU). Its orbit has an [[orbital eccentricity|eccentricity]] of 0.20 and an [[orbital inclination|inclination]] of 3[[Degree (angle)|°]] with respect to the [[ecliptic]].<ref name="jpldata" />


The body's [[observation arc]] begins on September 2000, with a [[precovery]] taken by the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] at [[Apache Point Observatory]], New Mexico, more than six years prior to its official discovery observation by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.<ref name="MPC-object" />
The body's [[observation arc]] begins on September 2000, with a [[precovery]] taken by the [[Sloan Digital Sky Survey]] at [[Apache Point Observatory]], New Mexico, more than six years prior to its official discovery observation by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.<ref name="MPC-object" />


=== First binary main-belt asteroid ===
=== First binary main-belt comet ===


{{mpf|2006 VW|139}} was first observed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) in December 2011.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> It was imaged by HST in September 2016, just before it made its closest approach to the Sun and confirmed its binary nature with two asteroids orbiting each other, and revealed ongoing [[comet]]ary activity.<ref name="NASA-news-hubble" /> This makes the object the first known binary asteroid that is also classified as a main-belt comet.<ref name="NASA-news-hubble" />
{{mp|2006 VW|139}} was first observed by the [[Hubble Space Telescope]] (HST) in December 2011.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> It was imaged by HST in September 2016, just before it made its closest approach to the Sun and confirmed its binary nature with two asteroids orbiting each other, and revealed ongoing [[comet]]ary activity.<ref name="NASA-news-hubble" /> This makes the object the first known binary asteroid that is also classified as a main-belt comet.<ref name="NASA-news-hubble" /> The binary is thought to be the result of fission of the precursor caused by [[Yarkovsky–O'Keefe–Radzievskii–Paddack effect|YORP]]-driven spinup.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" />


Observations of the HST revealed ongoing activity in this binary system. The combined features of this binary asteroid - wide separation, near-equal component size, high eccentricity orbit, and [[Comet|comet-like activity]] also make it unique among the few known binary asteroids that have a wide separation.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /><ref name="NASA-news-hubble" />
Observations of the HST revealed ongoing activity in this binary system. The combined features of this binary asteroid - wide separation, near-equal component size, high eccentricity orbit, and comet-like activity also make it unique among the few known binary asteroids that have a wide separation.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /><ref name="NASA-news-hubble" />


== Physical characteristics ==
== Physical characteristics ==


=== Diameter albedo and mass ===
=== Diameter, albedo, and mass ===


{{mpf|2006 VW|139}} has a derived diameter of {{val|1.8|0.2}} kilometer.<ref name="johnstonsarchive" /> The ''Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link'' assumes an albedo of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 3.20 kilometers based on an [[absolute magnitude]] of 16.2.<ref name="lcdb" /> The binary system has an estimated mass between {{val|1.3|e=12|ul=kg}} and {{val|1.1|e=13|u=kg}}.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> A single component has a derived mass of {{val|6.15|4.85|e=12|u=kg}}.<ref name="johnstonsarchive" />
{{mp|2006 VW|139}} has a derived diameter of {{val|1.8|0.2}} kilometer.<ref name="johnstonsarchive" /> The ''Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link'' assumes an albedo of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 3.20 kilometers based on an [[absolute magnitude]] of 16.2.<ref name="lcdb" /> The binary system has an estimated mass between {{val|1.3|e=12|ul=kg}} and {{val|1.1|e=13|u=kg}}.<ref name="Agarwal-2017" /> A single component has a derived mass of {{val|6.15|4.85|e=12|u=kg}}.<ref name="johnstonsarchive" />


== Numbering and naming ==
== Numbering and naming ==


This [[minor planet]] was numbered by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 12 October 2011 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 76600}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" /> As of 2017, it has not been named.<ref name="MPC-object" />
This [[minor planet]] was numbered by the [[Minor Planet Center]] on 12 October 2011 ({{small|[[Minor Planet Circulars|M.P.C.]] 76600}}).<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive" /> As of 2020, it has not been named.<ref name="MPC-object" />


== Notes ==
== Notes ==
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|title = (300163) 2006 VW139
|title = (300163) 2006 VW139
|work = Minor Planet Center
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=300163
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/db_search/show_object?object_id=300163
|accessdate = 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|accessdate = 30 September 2020}}</ref>


<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web
<ref name="MPC-Circulars-Archive">{{cite web
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|title = MPC/MPO/MPS Archive
|work = Minor Planet Center
|work = Minor Planet Center
|url = http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|url = https://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/ECS/MPCArchive/MPCArchive_TBL.html
|accessdate = 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|accessdate = 24 November 2017}}</ref>


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|date = March 2012
|date = March 2012
|title = Discovery of Main-belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1
|title = Discovery of Main-belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1
|url = https://arxiv.org/pdf/1202.2126.pdf
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal Letters
|journal = The Astrophysical Journal Letters
|volume = 748
|volume = 748
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|doi = 10.1088/2041-8205/748/1/L15
|doi = 10.1088/2041-8205/748/1/L15
|arxiv = 1202.2126
|arxiv = 1202.2126
|access-date= 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|s2cid = 8693844 }}</ref>


<ref name="NASA-news-hubble">{{cite web
<ref name="NASA-news-hubble">{{cite web
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|publisher = NASA
|publisher = NASA
|date = 20 September 2017
|date = 20 September 2017
|url = https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/news/2017/09/20/comet-or-asteroid-hubble-discovers-that-a-unique-object-is-a-binary
|url = https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2017/hubble-discovers-that-a-unique-object-is-a-binary
|access-date= 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|access-date= 28 July 2018}}</ref>


<ref name="Agarwal-2017">{{Cite journal
<ref name="Agarwal-2017">{{Cite journal
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|date = September 2017
|date = September 2017
|title = A binary main-belt comet
|title = A binary main-belt comet
|url = https://arxiv.org/pdf/1710.03454.pdf
|journal = Nature
|journal = Nature
|volume = 549
|volume = 549
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|bibcode = 2017Natur.549..357A
|bibcode = 2017Natur.549..357A
|doi = 10.1038/nature23892
|doi = 10.1038/nature23892
|arxiv = 1710.03454
|pmid = 28933430
|arxiv = 1710.03454
|access-date= 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|s2cid = 4469577
}}</ref>


<ref name="Ferret">{{cite web
<ref name="AstDys-object">{{cite web
|title = Small Bodies Data Ferret
|title = Asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 – Proper Elements
|publisher = AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site
|work = Nesvorny HCM Asteroid Families V3.0
|url = https://sbntools.psi.edu/ferret/PropertySearch/familyForm.action
|url = https://newton.spacedys.com/astdys/index.php?pc=1.1.6&n=300163
|accessdate = 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|access-date= 28 October 2019}}</ref>


<ref name="lcdb">{{cite web
<ref name="lcdb">{{cite web
|title = LCDB Data for (300163)
|title = LCDB Data for (300163)
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|publisher = Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/GenerateALCDEFPage_Local.php?AstInfo=300163%7C
|url = http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/generateOneAsteroidInfo.php?AstInfo=300163%7C
|accessdate = 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|accessdate = 24 November 2017}}</ref>


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|date = November 2015
|date = November 2015
|title = Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results
|title = Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results
|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/bib_query?bibcode=2015Icar..261...34V
|journal = Icarus
|journal = Icarus
|volume = 261
|volume = 261
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|doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
|doi = 10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007
|arxiv = 1506.00762
|arxiv = 1506.00762
|access-date= 24 November 2017}}</ref>
|s2cid = 53493339 }}</ref>


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* [http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2017-32 Comet or Asteroid? Hubble Discovers that a Unique Object is a Binary], Hubblesite, September 2017
* [http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2017-32 Comet or Asteroid? Hubble Discovers that a Unique Object is a Binary], Hubblesite, September 2017
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html Asteroids with Satellites], Robert Johnston, johnstonsarchive.net
* [http://www.johnstonsarchive.net/astro/asteroidmoons.html Asteroids with Satellites], Robert Johnston, johnstonsarchive.net
* [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)], query form ([http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html info])
* [http://www.minorplanet.info/PHP/lcdbsummaryquery.php Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB)], query form ([http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html info] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216050541/http://www.minorplanet.info/lightcurvedatabase.html |date=16 December 2017 }})
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=aeAg1X7afOoC&pg Dictionary of Minor Planet Names], Google books
* [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR] – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
* [http://obswww.unige.ch/~behrend/page_cou.html Asteroids and comets rotation curves, CdR] – Observatoire de Genève, Raoul Behrend
* [http://www.minorplanetcenter.net/iau/lists/NumberedMPs300001.html Discovery Circumstances: Numbered Minor Planets (300001)-(305000)] – Minor Planet Center
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* {{AstDys|300163}}
* {{JPL small body}}
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(300163) 2006 VW139
288P/2006 VW139
Time-lapse video of 2006 VW139
Discovery[1][2]
Discovered bySpacewatch
Discovery siteKitt Peak National Obs.
Discovery date15 November 2006
Designations
(300163) 2006 VW139
2006 VW139 · 288P[1]
P/2006 VW139[3]
main-belt[1][2] · (outer)[4]
main-belt comet[3][5]
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 4 September 2017 (JD 2458000.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc16.31 yr (5,958 days)
Aphelion3.6619 AU
Perihelion2.4358 AU
3.0488 AU
Eccentricity0.2011
5.32 yr (1,944 days)
55.529°
0° 11m 6.36s / day
Inclination3.2402°
83.187°
281.00°
Known satellites1[5][6]
Physical characteristics
Dimensions1.8±0.2 km (derived)[6]
3.20 km (calculated)[4]
Mass(6.15±4.85)×1012 kg[6][a]
0.057 (assumed)[4]
C (assumed)[4]
16.2[1][4] · 16.20±0.24[7]

(300163) 2006 VW139 (provisional designation 2006 VW139, periodic comet designation 288P/2006 VW139) is a binary active asteroid and main-belt comet from the outer regions of the asteroid belt. The object was discovered by Spacewatch in 2006. Its binary nature was confirmed by the Hubble Space Telescope in September 2016.[5] Both primary and its minor-planet moon are similar in mass and size, making it a true binary system.[5] The components are estimated to measure 1.8 kilometers in diameter, orbiting each other at a wide separation of 104 kilometers every 135 days.[4][6][8]

Discovery[edit]

2006 VW139 was discovered on 15 November 2006, by the Spacewatch survey at Kitt Peak National Observatory near Tucson, Arizona.[2] The possible cometary activity was seen in November 2011 by Pan-STARRS.[3] Both Spacewatch and Pan-STARRS are asteroid survey projects of NASA's Near Earth Object Observations Program. After the Pan-STARRS observations it was also given a comet designation of 288P.

Orbit and classification[edit]

2006 VW139 is a non-family asteroid of the main-belt's background population.[9] It is both a binary asteroid and a main-belt comet, also known as "active asteroid". It orbits the Sun in the outer main-belt at a distance of 2.4–3.7 AU once every 5 years and 4 months (1,944 days; semi-major axis of 3.05 AU). Its orbit has an eccentricity of 0.20 and an inclination of 3° with respect to the ecliptic.[1]

The body's observation arc begins on September 2000, with a precovery taken by the Sloan Digital Sky Survey at Apache Point Observatory, New Mexico, more than six years prior to its official discovery observation by Spacewatch at Kitt Peak.[2]

First binary main-belt comet[edit]

2006 VW139 was first observed by the Hubble Space Telescope (HST) in December 2011.[5] It was imaged by HST in September 2016, just before it made its closest approach to the Sun and confirmed its binary nature with two asteroids orbiting each other, and revealed ongoing cometary activity.[8] This makes the object the first known binary asteroid that is also classified as a main-belt comet.[8] The binary is thought to be the result of fission of the precursor caused by YORP-driven spinup.[5]

Observations of the HST revealed ongoing activity in this binary system. The combined features of this binary asteroid - wide separation, near-equal component size, high eccentricity orbit, and comet-like activity also make it unique among the few known binary asteroids that have a wide separation.[5][8]

Physical characteristics[edit]

Diameter, albedo, and mass[edit]

2006 VW139 has a derived diameter of 1.8±0.2 kilometer.[6] The Collaborative Asteroid Lightcurve Link assumes an albedo of 0.057 and calculates a diameter of 3.20 kilometers based on an absolute magnitude of 16.2.[4] The binary system has an estimated mass between 1.3×1012 kg and 1.1×1013 kg.[5] A single component has a derived mass of (6.15±4.85)×1012 kg.[6]

Numbering and naming[edit]

This minor planet was numbered by the Minor Planet Center on 12 October 2011 (M.P.C. 76600).[10] As of 2020, it has not been named.[2]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The mass of the primary component(6.15±4.85)×1012 kg. The overall mass of the binary system is estimated to be between 1.3×1012 kg and 1.1×1013 kg.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f "JPL Small-Body Database Browser: 300163 (2006 VW139)" (2016-12-26 last obs.). Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  2. ^ a b c d e "(300163) 2006 VW139". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
  3. ^ a b c Hsieh, Henry H.; Yang, Bin; Haghighipour, Nader; Kaluna, Heather M.; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; et al. (March 2012). "Discovery of Main-belt Comet P/2006 VW139 by Pan-STARRS1". The Astrophysical Journal Letters. 748 (1): 7. arXiv:1202.2126. Bibcode:2012ApJ...748L..15H. doi:10.1088/2041-8205/748/1/L15. S2CID 8693844.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g "LCDB Data for (300163)". Asteroid Lightcurve Database (LCDB). Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i Agarwal, Jessica; Jewitt, David; Mutchler, Max; Weaver, Harold; Larson, Stephen (September 2017). "A binary main-belt comet". Nature. 549 (7672): 357–359.(NatureHomepage). arXiv:1710.03454. Bibcode:2017Natur.549..357A. doi:10.1038/nature23892. PMID 28933430. S2CID 4469577.
  6. ^ a b c d e f Johnston, Wm. Robert (24 September 2017). "Asteroids with Satellites Database – (300163) 2006 VW139 (= 288P)". Johnston's Archive. Retrieved 24 November 2017.
  7. ^ Veres, Peter; Jedicke, Robert; Fitzsimmons, Alan; Denneau, Larry; Granvik, Mikael; Bolin, Bryce; et al. (November 2015). "Absolute magnitudes and slope parameters for 250,000 asteroids observed by Pan-STARRS PS1 - Preliminary results". Icarus. 261: 34–47. arXiv:1506.00762. Bibcode:2015Icar..261...34V. doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.08.007. S2CID 53493339.
  8. ^ a b c d "Comet or Asteroid? Hubble Discovers that a Unique Object is a Binary". NASA. 20 September 2017. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
  9. ^ "Asteroid (300163) 2006 VW139 – Proper Elements". AstDyS-2, Asteroids – Dynamic Site. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  10. ^ "MPC/MPO/MPS Archive". Minor Planet Center. Retrieved 24 November 2017.

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