Abstract
We report on the identification of the three fastest rotating Jovian trojans with reliable population assignments known to date, discovered using light curve data from the Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey mission and confirmed by Zwicky Transient Facility data. For two of our targets the rotation periods are moderately below the previously accepted ∼5,h Jovian trojan breakup limit (4.26 and 4.75,h); however, the rotation period of (13383) was found to be P,=,2.926,h, leading to a density estimate of ρ,≈1.6 higher than the generally accepted lesssim1 density limit of Jovian trojans. If associated with lower densities, this rotation rate requires considerable cohesion, of the order of a few kilopascals. The relatively high albedo (p_V,≈,0.11) and fast rotation suggest that (13383) may have undergone an energetic collision that spun up the body and exposed bright material to the surface.
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