(3200) Phaethon Polarimetry in the Negative Branch: New Evidence for the Anhydrous Nature of the DESTINY+ Target Asteroid

Jooyeon Geem, Masateru Ishiguro, Jun Takahashi +23

We report on the first polarimetric study of (3200) Phaethon, the target of JAXA's DESTINY${}^{+}$ mission, in the negative branch to ensure its anhydrous nature and to derive an accur…