Thermophysical Investigation of Asteroid Surfaces. II. Factors Influencing Grain Size
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022 Asteroid surfaces are subjected to mechanical weathering processes that result in the development and evolution of regolith. Two proposed mechanisms—impact bombardment and thermal fatigue—have been proposed as viable and dominant weathering processes ...
Eric M. MacLennan, Joshua P. Emery
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The Astronomical Journal, 2023 We present photometric data for minor planets observed by the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite during its Cycle 1 operations. In total, we extracted usable detections for 37,965 objects.
Andrew McNeill +5 more
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Albedo heterogeneity on the surface of (1943) Anteros [PDF]
, 2009 We have investigated the effect of rotation on the polarization of scattered light for the near-Earth asteroid (1943) Anteros using the Dual Beam Imaging Polarimeter on the University of Hawaii's 2.2 m telescope.
Akimov +23 more
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Asteroid Photometric Phase Functions From Bayesian Lightcurve Inversion
Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2022 Photometry is an important tool for characterizing the physical properties of asteroids. An asteroid’s photometric lightcurve and phase curve refer to the variation of the asteroid’s disk-integrated brightness in time and in phase angle (the Sun-asteroid-
Karri Muinonen +7 more
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Preliminary refinement of rotation parameters of asteroids based on photogrammetric processing of on-orbit remote sensing images [PDF]
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information SciencesIn recent years, asteroid exploration has become an important research direction in the field of deep space exploration. The weak gravitational environment of asteroids, as well as their complex topographic, geomorphic, and dynamic characteristics, pose ...
Z. Peng +7 more
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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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THE ASTEROIDS' ROTATION PARAMETERS DETERMINATION USING PHOTOMETRICAL DATA
Odessa Astronomical Publications, 2017 Presented a new method of determination of the asteroid rotation parameters.
N. R. Burlak +3 more
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A New Large Super-Fast Rotator: (335433) 2005 UW163 [PDF]
, 2014 Asteroids of size larger than 150 m generally do not have rotation periods smaller than 2.2 hours. This spin cutoff is believed to be due to the gravitationally bound rubble-pile structures of the asteroids.
Chang, Chan-Kao +7 more
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Thermal Infrared Imaging Experiments of C-Type Asteroid 162173 Ryugu on Hayabusa2 [PDF]
, 2016 The thermal infrared imager TIR onboard Hayabusa2 has been developed to investigate thermo-physical properties of C-type, near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu.
A. Fujiwara +52 more
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Photometry and shape modeling of Mars crosser asteroid (1011) Laodamia [PDF]
Serbian Astronomical Journal, 2014 An analysis of photometric observations of Mars crosser asteroid 1011 Laodamia conducted at Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory Rozhen over a twelve year interval (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2012 and 2013) is made.
Apostolovska G. +5 more
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