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Origin of asteroid (101955) Bennu and its connection to the New Polana family [PDF]

open access: yesScientific Reports
The asteroid (142) Polana is classified as a B-type asteroid located in the inner Main Belt. This asteroid is the parent of the New Polana family, which has been proposed to be the likely source of primitive near-Earth asteroids such as the B-type ...
Driss Takir   +3 more
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The Formation of a Rubble Pile Asteroid: Insights from the Asteroid Ryugu

open access: yesUniverse, 2023
The Hayabusa2 mission returned primitive samples from the C-type asteroid Ryugu to Earth. The C-type asteroids hold clues to the origin of Earth’s water and the building blocks of life.
Tsutomu Ota   +8 more
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Simulation of asteroid braking in the Earth atmosphere [PDF]

open access: yesКомпьютерные исследования и моделирование, 2013
This article is investigated phenomenon of asteroid braking in neighborhood Chelyabinsk. Simulation of trajectory and asteroid basic parameters is accomplished on the basis of not numerous fixed video film and measurements. Calculation of hypersonic flow
M. M. Golomazov
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The first complete mitochondrial genome of the Northern Pacific deep-sea goniasterid sea star Ceramaster japonicus (Sladen, 1889) determined using NGS-based shotgun sequencing

open access: yesMitochondrial DNA. Part B. Resources, 2021
The full mitogenome of an ethanol-preserved museum specimen of Ceramaster japonicus was determined using the NGS Illumina MiSeq platform. The specimen was collected from Tosa Bay, Japan, facing the Pacific Ocean (33.0781 N 134.0601 E), at 700 m depth in ...
Masaki Yamamoto   +6 more
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Optical Imaging Instruments and Main Science Results of Small Body Exploration: A Review

open access: yesIEEE Access, 2021
Compared with planets and their moons, small bodies retain the characteristics of their early formation. Therefore small bodies, especially Near Earth Asteroids (NEA), have become one of the most valuable targets in space exploration. This paper presents
Fanlu Wu, Yanchao Fan
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Feasibility Analysis of Autonomous Orbit Determination and Gravity-Field Recovery around Asteroids Using Inter-Satellite Range Data

open access: yesAerospace, 2023
Autonomous navigation and orbit determination are key problems of asteroid exploration missions. Inter-satellite range link is a type of measurement widely used in the orbit determination of Earth satellites, but not so widely used in missions around ...
Haohan Li, Xiyun Hou
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Domestic (National) Public Space Law of the USA. Success and Challenges of our Time [PDF]

open access: yesAdvanced Space Law, 2019
The author shows the current objective need to approve the principles and specific norms of domestic (national) public space law. The purpose of the article is to prove the expediency of considering the domestic space legislation of the United States ...
Valentyn Halunko
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Multisatellite Task Allocation and Orbit Planning for Asteroid Terminal Defence

open access: yesAerospace, 2022
Near-Earth asteroids are a great threat to the Earth, especially potential rendezvous and collision asteroids. To protect the Earth from an asteroid collision, it is necessary to investigate the asteroid defence problem.
Yuelong Luo   +4 more
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An Algorithmic Approach for Detecting Bolides with the Geostationary Lightning Mapper

open access: yesSensors, 2019
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) instrument onboard the GOES 16 and 17 satellites can be used to detect bolides in the atmosphere. This capacity is unique because GLM provides semi-global, continuous coverage and releases its measurements ...
Clemens M. Rumpf   +4 more
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Developing Prototype Simulants for Surface Materials and Morphology of Near Earth Asteroid 2016 HO3

open access: yesSpace: Science & Technology, 2021
There are a variety of applications for asteroid simulants in asteroid studies for science advances as well as technology maturation. For specific purpose, it usually requires purpose-specialized simulant.
Xiaojing Zhang   +5 more
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