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Formation of asteroid pairs by rotational fission [PDF]

Nature, 2010
12 pages, 2 figures, 1 table + Supplementary ...
Pravec, Petr, Vokrouhlicky, David, Polishook, David, Scheeres, Daniel J., Harris, Alan W., Galad, Adrian, Vaduvescu, Ovidiu, Pozo, Francisco, Barr, Angie, Longa, Penelope, Vachier, Frédéric, Colas, Francois, Pray, Donald P., Pollock, Joseph, Reichart, Dan, Ivarsen, Kevin, Haislip, Josh, Lacluyze, Aaron, Kusnirak, Peter, Henych, Tomas, Marchis, Franck, Macomber, Betsy, Jacobson, Seth A., Krugly, Yuri N., Sergeev, Andrei V., Leroy, Arnaud   +25 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, T. A. Golubovskaya, N. L. Koshkin, S. L. Strahova   +3 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, Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel, Sanchez Cuartielles, Joan-Pau, Vasile, Massimiliano, Vetrisano, Massimo   +4 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, Ip, Wing-Huen, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Laher, Russ, Lin, Hsing-Wen, Prince, Thomas. A., Surace, Jason, Waszczak, Adam   +7 more
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The Apollo Group Asteroid 2008 OS9: Discovery, Orbit, Rotation and the Yarkovsky/YORP Effects

Open Astronomy, 2010
A project for astrometric and photometric observations of asteroids at the Baldone Observatory is described. One of the most important results of the project is the discovery of 2008 OS9, a 600 meter asteroid of the NEO Apollo group.
Černis K., Eglitis I., Wlodarczyk I., Zdanavičius J., Zdanavičius K.   +4 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., Donchev Z., Kostov A., Ivanova V., Borisov G., Bilkina B.   +5 more
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The Alinement of Asteroid Rotation [PDF]

International Astronomical Union Colloquium, 1971
Data have been accumulating since the beginning of this century that indicate that most, if not all, large asteroids have periodic lightcurves. The variations that are seen have periods of the order of several hours and can be understood as being caused by bodily rotation, accompanied by changes in shape and/or surface properties. Because corresponding
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313 new asteroid rotation periods from Palomar Transient Factory observations [PDF]

, 2014
A new asteroid rotation period survey have been carried out by using the Palomar Transient Factory (PTF). Twelve consecutive PTF fields, which covered an area of 87 deg$^2$ in the ecliptic plane, were observed in $R$ band with a cadence of $\sim$20 min ...
Chang, Chan-Kao, Cheng, Yu-Chi, Ip, Wing-Huen, Kulkarni, Shrinivas R., Laher, Russ, Levitan, David, Lin, Hsing-Wen, Ngeow, Chow-Choong, Prince, Thomas. A., Sesar, Branimir, Surace, Jason, Team, the PTF, Waszczak, Adam, Yang, Ting-Chang   +13 more
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On the Particular Dynamics of Rubble-Pile Asteroid Rotation Following Projectile Impact on the Surface During Planetary Approach

Mathematics
The main motivation of this research is the semi-analytical exploration of the dynamics of an asteroid that is attacked while approaching a planet (with an inelastic collision of the projectile normally to the surface of the asteroid occurring just ...
Sergey Ershkov
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The dynamics of asteroid rotation, governed by YORP effect: the kinematic ansatz

, 2018
The main motivation of this research is the analytical exploration of the dynamics of asteroid rotation when it moves in elliptic orbit through Space.
Ershkov, Sergey V., Shamin, Roman V.
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