Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko

We provide a detailed quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields situated in three different regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Imhotep, Hapi, and Hatmehit. This is done to supply a useful method for analyzing the morphology of the boulders and to characterize the regions themselves....

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Autores: Cambianica, P., Cremonese, G., Naletto, G., Lucchetti, Alice, Pajola, M., Penasa, L., Simioni, E., Massironi, M., Ferrari, S., Bodewits, D., La Forgia, F., Sierks, H., Lamy, P.L., Rodrigo Montero, Rafael, Koschny, D., Dayidsson, B, Barucci, M.A., Bertaux, J.L., Bertini, I., Da Deppo, Vania, Debei, S., De Cecco, M., Deller, J., Fornasier, S., Fulle, M., Gutiérrez, Pedro J., Güttler, C., Ip, W. H., Keller, H.U., Lara, Luisa María, Lazzarin, M., Lin, Zhong-Yi, López-Moreno, José Juan, Marzari, F., Mottola, S., Shi, X., Scholten, F., Toth, I., Tubiana, C., Vincent, J.B.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Palabra clave:Comets: general
Comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Methods: data analysis
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
title Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
spellingShingle Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Cambianica, P.
Comets: general
Comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Methods: data analysis
title_short Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
title_full Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
title_fullStr Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
title_full_unstemmed Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
title_sort Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Cambianica, P.
Cremonese, G.
Naletto, G.
Lucchetti, Alice
Pajola, M.
Penasa, L.
Simioni, E.
Massironi, M.
Ferrari, S.
Bodewits, D.
La Forgia, F.
Sierks, H.
Lamy, P.L.
Rodrigo Montero, Rafael
Koschny, D.
Dayidsson, B
Barucci, M.A.
Bertaux, J.L.
Bertini, I.
Da Deppo, Vania
Debei, S.
De Cecco, M.
Deller, J.
Fornasier, S.
Fulle, M.
Gutiérrez, Pedro J.
Güttler, C.
Ip, W. H.
Keller, H.U.
Lara, Luisa María
Lazzarin, M.
Lin, Zhong-Yi
López-Moreno, José Juan
Marzari, F.
Mottola, S.
Shi, X.
Scholten, F.
Toth, I.
Tubiana, C.
Vincent, J.B.
author Cambianica, P.
author_facet Cambianica, P.
Cremonese, G.
Naletto, G.
Lucchetti, Alice
Pajola, M.
Penasa, L.
Simioni, E.
Massironi, M.
Ferrari, S.
Bodewits, D.
La Forgia, F.
Sierks, H.
Lamy, P.L.
Rodrigo Montero, Rafael
Koschny, D.
Dayidsson, B
Barucci, M.A.
Bertaux, J.L.
Bertini, I.
Da Deppo, Vania
Debei, S.
De Cecco, M.
Deller, J.
Fornasier, S.
Fulle, M.
Gutiérrez, Pedro J.
Güttler, C.
Ip, W. H.
Keller, H.U.
Lara, Luisa María
Lazzarin, M.
Lin, Zhong-Yi
López-Moreno, José Juan
Marzari, F.
Mottola, S.
Shi, X.
Scholten, F.
Toth, I.
Tubiana, C.
Vincent, J.B.
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Naletto, G.
Lucchetti, Alice
Pajola, M.
Penasa, L.
Simioni, E.
Massironi, M.
Ferrari, S.
Bodewits, D.
La Forgia, F.
Sierks, H.
Lamy, P.L.
Rodrigo Montero, Rafael
Koschny, D.
Dayidsson, B
Barucci, M.A.
Bertaux, J.L.
Bertini, I.
Da Deppo, Vania
Debei, S.
De Cecco, M.
Deller, J.
Fornasier, S.
Fulle, M.
Gutiérrez, Pedro J.
Güttler, C.
Ip, W. H.
Keller, H.U.
Lara, Luisa María
Lazzarin, M.
Lin, Zhong-Yi
López-Moreno, José Juan
Marzari, F.
Mottola, S.
Shi, X.
Scholten, F.
Toth, I.
Tubiana, C.
Vincent, J.B.
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dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv German Centre for Air and Space Travel
Centre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France)
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana
Agencia Estatal de Investigación (España)
European Space Agency
Swedish National Space Agency
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Comets: general
Comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Methods: data analysis
topic Comets: general
Comets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko
Methods: data analysis
description We provide a detailed quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields situated in three different regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Imhotep, Hapi, and Hatmehit. This is done to supply a useful method for analyzing the morphology of the boulders and to characterize the regions themselves. Methods. We used OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images with a spatial scale smaller than 2 mpx(-1) and analyzed the size-frequency distribution and the cumulative fractional area per boulder population. In addition, we correlated shape parameters, such as circularity and solidity, with both the spatial and the size-frequency distribution of the three populations. Results. We identified 11 811 boulders in the Imhotep, Hapi, and Hatmehit regions. We found that the Hatmehit and Imhotep areas show power indices in the range of -2.3/-2.7. These values could represent a transition between gravitational events caused by thermal weathering and sublimation, and material formed during collapses that has undergone sublimation. The Hapi area is characterized by a lower power index (-1.2/-1.7), suggesting that those boulders have a different origin. They can be the result of material formed during gravitational events and collapses that has undergone continuous fragmentation. We calculated the cumulative fractional area (CFA) in order to investigate how the area is covered by boulders as a function of their sizes. The Hatmehit and Imhotep regions show a CFA that is well fit by a power law. In contrast, the Hapi area does not show the same trend. We analyzed the fractal distributions, finding that the populations seem to be fractal at all dimensions, except for the Hapi distribution, which shows a possible fractal behavior for small dimensions only. Finally, the average values of the shape parameters reveal solid and roundish boulders in all populations we studied.© ESO 2019
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spelling Quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields on comet 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoCambianica, P.Cremonese, G.Naletto, G.Lucchetti, AlicePajola, M.Penasa, L.Simioni, E.Massironi, M.Ferrari, S.Bodewits, D.La Forgia, F.Sierks, H.Lamy, P.L.Rodrigo Montero, RafaelKoschny, D.Dayidsson, BBarucci, M.A.Bertaux, J.L.Bertini, I.Da Deppo, VaniaDebei, S.De Cecco, M.Deller, J.Fornasier, S.Fulle, M.Gutiérrez, Pedro J.Güttler, C.Ip, W. H.Keller, H.U.Lara, Luisa MaríaLazzarin, M.Lin, Zhong-YiLópez-Moreno, José JuanMarzari, F.Mottola, S.Shi, X.Scholten, F.Toth, I.Tubiana, C.Vincent, J.B.Comets: generalComets: individual: 67P/Churyumov-GerasimenkoMethods: data analysisWe provide a detailed quantitative analysis of isolated boulder fields situated in three different regions of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko: Imhotep, Hapi, and Hatmehit. This is done to supply a useful method for analyzing the morphology of the boulders and to characterize the regions themselves. Methods. We used OSIRIS Narrow Angle Camera images with a spatial scale smaller than 2 mpx(-1) and analyzed the size-frequency distribution and the cumulative fractional area per boulder population. In addition, we correlated shape parameters, such as circularity and solidity, with both the spatial and the size-frequency distribution of the three populations. Results. We identified 11 811 boulders in the Imhotep, Hapi, and Hatmehit regions. We found that the Hatmehit and Imhotep areas show power indices in the range of -2.3/-2.7. These values could represent a transition between gravitational events caused by thermal weathering and sublimation, and material formed during collapses that has undergone sublimation. The Hapi area is characterized by a lower power index (-1.2/-1.7), suggesting that those boulders have a different origin. They can be the result of material formed during gravitational events and collapses that has undergone continuous fragmentation. We calculated the cumulative fractional area (CFA) in order to investigate how the area is covered by boulders as a function of their sizes. The Hatmehit and Imhotep regions show a CFA that is well fit by a power law. In contrast, the Hapi area does not show the same trend. We analyzed the fractal distributions, finding that the populations seem to be fractal at all dimensions, except for the Hapi distribution, which shows a possible fractal behavior for small dimensions only. Finally, the average values of the shape parameters reveal solid and roundish boulders in all populations we studied.© ESO 2019OSIRIS was built by a consortium of the Max-Planck Institut fur Sonnensystemforschung, in Guttingen, Germany, CISAS University of Padova, Italy, the Laboratoire de Astrophysique de Marseille, France, the Instituto de Astrofisica de Andalucia, CSIC, Granada, Spain, the Research and Scientific Support Department of the European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands, the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aeroespacial, Madrid, Spain, the Universidad Politechnica de Madrid, Spain, the Department of Physics and Astronomy of Uppsala University, Sweden, and the Institut fur Datentechnik und Kommunikationsnetze der Technischen Universitat Braunschweig, Germany. The support of the national funding agencies of Germany (DLR), France (CNES), Italy (ASI), Spain (MEC), Sweden (SNSB), and the ESA Technical Directorate is gratefully acknowledged. We thank the ESA teams at ESAC, ESOC and ESTEC for their work in support of the Rosetta mission. We made use of Arcgis 10.3.1 software together with the Matlab, Java, and ImageJ software to perform our analysis. I thank Frederic Moisy for sharing the box-count work.EDP SciencesGerman Centre for Air and Space TravelCentre National D'Etudes Spatiales (France)Agenzia Spaziale ItalianaAgencia Estatal de Investigación (España)European Space AgencySwedish National Space AgencyConsejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]2020202020192020info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/204128reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttp://dx.doi.org/10.1051/0004-6361/201834775Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/2041282026-05-22T06:33:51Z
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