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Title:
Evidence from IRAS for a very young, partially formed dust band
Authors:
Espy, Ashley J.; Dermott, Stanley F.; Kehoe, Thomas J. J.; Jayaraman, Sumita
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USA), AB(Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USA), AC(Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-2055, USA), AD(Planetary Science Institute, Cupertino, CA, USA)
Publication:
Planetary and Space Science, Volume 57, Issue 2, p. 235-242. (P&SS Homepage)
Publication Date:
02/2009
Origin:
ELSEVIER
DOI:
10.1016/j.pss.2008.06.011
Bibliographic Code:
2009P&SS...57..235E

Abstract

The relative proportions of asteroidal and cometary materials in the zodiacal cloud is an ongoing debate. The determination of the asteroidal component is constrained through the study of the Solar System dust bands (the fine-structure component superimposed on the broad background cloud), since they have been confidently linked to specific, young, asteroid families in the main belt. The disruptions that produce these families also result in the injection of dust into the cloud and thus hold the key to determining at least a minimum value for the asteroidal contribution to the zodiacal cloud. There are currently known to be at least three dust band pairs, one at approximately 9.35° associated with the Veritas family and two central band pairs near the ecliptic, one of which is associated with the Karin subcluster of the Koronis family. Through careful co-adding of almost all the pole-to-pole intensity scans in the mid-infrared wavebands of the Infrared Astronomical Satellite (IRAS) data set, we find strong evidence for a partial Solar System dust band, that is, a very young dust band in the process of formation, at approximately 17° latitude. We think this is a confirmation of the M/N partial band pair first suggested by Sykes [1988. IRAS observations of extended zodiacal structures. Astrophys. J. 334, L55 L58]. The new dust band appears at some but not all ecliptic longitudes, as expected for a young, partially formed dust band. We present preliminary modeling of the new, partial dust band which allows us to put constraints on the age of the disruption event, the inclination and node of the parent body at the time of disruption, and the quantity of dust injected into the zodiacal cloud.
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