OSIRIS-REx: Sample Return from Asteroid (101955) Bennu [PDF]
Space Science Reviews, 2017 In May of 2011, NASA selected the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) asteroid sample return mission as the third mission in the New Frontiers program.
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Characterization of the near-Earth Asteroid 2002NY40 [PDF]
, 2007 In August 2002, the near-Earth asteroid 2002 NY40, made its closest approach to the Earth. This provided an opportunity to study a near-Earth asteroid with a variety of instruments.
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Deflecting small asteroids using laser ablation : Deep space navigation and asteroid orbit control for LightTouch2 Mission [PDF]
, 2013 This paper presents a low-cost, low mass, mission design to successfully intercept and deflect a small and faint, 4 m in diameter asteroid. Intended to be launched after 2025, the laser-ablating mission, LightTouch2 will be used to deflect the orbit of ...
Branco, Joao +4 more
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An Algorithmic Approach for Detecting Bolides with the Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Sensors, 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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The collisional evolution of undifferentiated asteroids and the formation of chondritic meteoroids [PDF]
, 2016 Most meteorites are fragments from recent collisions experienced in the asteroid belt. In such a hyper-velocity collision, the smaller collision partner is destroyed, whereas a crater on the asteroid is formed or it is entirely disrupted, too.
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An artificial impact on the asteroid (162173) Ryugu formed a crater in the gravity-dominated regime
Science, 2020 Blowing a crater in asteroid Ryugu The Hayabusa2 spacecraft was designed to collect samples from the nearby asteroid (162173) Ryugu and return them to Earth for laboratory analysis. Arakawa et al. describe how the spacecraft's Small Carry-on Impactor was
M. Arakawa +67 more
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Revisiting constraints on asteroid-mass primordial black holes as dark matter candidates [PDF]
Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, 2019 As the only dark matter candidate that does not invoke a new particle that survives to the present day, primordial black holes (PBHs) have drawn increasing attention recently.
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Mirror formation control in the vicinity of an asteroid [PDF]
, 2008 Two strategies are presented for the positioning and control of a spacecraft formation designed to focus sunlight onto a point on the surface of asteroid, thereby sublimating the material and ejecting debris creating thrust.
Battin R. H. +11 more
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TUMBUKAN TAK-ELASTIK PARTIKEL SEBAGAI MODEL TERBENTUKNYA ASTEROID
Spektra: Jurnal Fisika dan Aplikasinya, 2017 Abstrak Suatu asteroid diduga merupakan kumpulan partikel yang bertumbukan tak-elastik sehingga membentuk suatu agregat. Ikatan yang terjadi antar partikel diasumsikan hanyalah disebabkan gaya gravitasi.
Sparisoma Viridi, Budi Dermawan
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Developing Prototype Simulants for Surface Materials and Morphology of Near Earth Asteroid 2016 HO3
Space: 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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