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The Secular Dynamical Evolution of Binary Asteroid System (65803) Didymos Post-DART

The Planetary Science Journal
The successful impact of NASA’s DART mission with Dimorphos, the secondary body of binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos, altered the attitude, shape, and orbit of Dimorphos.
Rachel H. Cueva, Jay W. McMahon, Alex J. Meyer, Daniel J. Scheeres, Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Sabina D. Raducan, Seth A. Jacobson, Colby C. Merrill   +7 more
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Dynamical evolution of cometary asteroids [PDF]

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1998
ABSTRA C T We present results from long-term numerical integrations of hypothetical Jupiter-family comets (JFCs) over time-scales in excess of the estimated cometary active lifetime. During inactive periods these bodies could be considered as ‘cometary’ near-Earth objects (NEOs) or ‘cometary asteroids’. The contribution of cometary asteroids to the NEO
N. W. Harris, M. E. Bailey
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Probing Subsurface Properties With Mission Hardware: Lessons Learned From Artificial Impacts of Mars 2020

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 18, 28 September 2026.
Abstract Hardware released during spacecraft entry can generate hypervelocity impacts that provide unique constraints on planetary subsurface properties. During NASA's Perseverance descent, two tungsten cruise ballast mass devices (CBMD) and fragments of the cruise stage formed meter‐scale craters north‐west of Jezero crater, in one of the sinuous ...
A. J. Sokołowska, I. J. Daubar, G. S. Collins, F. Calef, A. Jones   +4 more
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Ferric Chloride: The Venusian Unknown UV Absorber?

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 9, September 2026.
Abstract Near‐ultraviolet imaging of the planet Venus reveals inhomogeneous absorption features in the otherwise bright clouds. This absorption has been studied for nearly 100 years, but identification of the near‐UV absorber remains one of the largest open questions in Venusian research.
Joanna V. Egan, Wuhu Feng, Alexander D. James, James Manners, Daniel R. Marsh, Sébastien Lebonnois, Franck Lefèvre, Aurélien Stolzenbach, John M. C. Plane   +8 more
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Recurring Activity Discovered on Quasi-Hilda 2009 DQ118

The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 2023
We have discovered two epochs of activity on quasi-Hilda 2009 DQ _118 . Small bodies that display comet-like activity, such as active asteroids and active quasi-Hildas, are important for understanding the distribution of water and other volatiles ...
William J. Oldroyd, Colin Orion Chandler, Chadwick A. Trujillo, Scott S. Sheppard, Henry H. Hsieh, Jay K. Kueny, William A. Burris, Jarod A. DeSpain, Kennedy A. Farrell, Michele T. Mazzucato, Milton K. D. Bosch, Tiffany Shaw-Diaz, Virgilio Gonano   +12 more
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ASTEROID SECULAR DYNAMICS: CERES’ FINGERPRINT IDENTIFIED [PDF]

The Astrophysical Journal, 2015
Accepted for publication in the ...
Bojan Novaković, Clara Maurel, Georgios Tsirvoulis, Zoran Knežević   +3 more
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Different Frontier, Same Legal Script? On the Course of Replicating Earth's Patterns in Space

The Modern Law Review, Volume 89, Issue 5, Page 723-759, September 2026.
As states and private actors expand their activities in outer space, the international legal framework governing this domain risks extending longstanding structures of global inequality beyond Earth. This article examines how international space law, shaped by a broader disciplinary pattern of reactive legal development, is poised to reproduce ...
Sivan Shlomo‐Agon, Michal Saliternik
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The Great Cosmic Silence: What Does the Fermi Paradox Tell About the Future of Humanity?

Global Policy, Volume 17, Issue 4, Page 553-565, September 2026.
ABSTRACT This article examines how institutional time horizons shape the long‐term survival prospects of human technological civilisation. While research on global catastrophic and existential risks has expanded, the temporal structures of political‐economic institutions remain underexamined.
Heikki Patomäki
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Dimorphos Orbit Determination from Mutual Events Photometry

The Planetary Science Journal
The NASA Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft successfully impacted the Didymos–Dimorphos binary asteroid system on 2022 September 26 UTC.
Peter Scheirich, Petr Pravec, Alex J. Meyer, Harrison F. Agrusa, Derek C. Richardson, Steven R. Chesley, Shantanu P. Naidu, Cristina Thomas, Nicholas A. Moskovitz   +8 more
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Mineral Extraction Scenarios From an Asteroid via Optimization Considering Rotational Dynamics

IEEE Access
This study examines how removing surface materials affects the rotational dynamics of an asteroid to design efficient asteroid mining plans. The simulations solve Euler’s equations and track variations in the inertia tensor, angular momentum, and ...
Seyedmahdiar Ziaolhagh, Mahdi Jafari-Nadoushan   +1 more
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