Is asteroid 33 Polyhymnia a dark matter (DM) degenerate object?

dc.contributor.author	Kiren, O. V
dc.contributor.author	Sivaram, C
dc.contributor.author	Kenath, Arun
dc.date.accessioned	2025-06-04T04:59:51Z
dc.date.available	2025-06-04T04:59:51Z
dc.date.issued	2024-06
dc.identifier.citation	The European Physical Journal Plus, Vol. 139, No. 6, 547	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	2190-5444
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/2248/8713
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dc.description.abstract	Polyhymnia (33 Polyhymnia) is a main belt asteroid in our solar system with a diameter around 54 km. The density of asteroid 33 Polyhymnia, located in the main asteroid belt, is calculated to be 75 g/cc. Researchers have speculated the possibility that Polyhymnia could be composed of high-density superheavy elements near atomic number 164. Here, we propose that Polyhymnia could be an asteroid composed of degenerate dark matter (DM) and there could be many such asteroids in our solar system. (This is following our earlier work suggesting that Planet Nine could be such an object.)	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Springer Nature	en_US
dc.relation.uri	https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/s13360-024-05174-3
dc.rights	© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Società Italiana di Fisica and Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature 2024
dc.title	Is asteroid 33 Polyhymnia a dark matter (DM) degenerate object?	en_US
dc.type	Article	en_US