Rapid formation of binary asteroid systems post rotational failure: A recipe for making atypically shaped satellites [PDF]
IcarusBinary asteroid formation is a highly complex process, which has been highlighted with recent observations of satellites with unexpected shapes, such as the oblate Dimorphos by the NASA DART mission and the contact binary Selam by NASA's Lucy mission ...
J. Wimarsson +6 more
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Satellite Formation around the Largest Asteroids
The Astrophysical Journal LettersSatellites around large asteroids are preferentially found among those with the most rapid rotation and elongated shape. The taxonomic statistics are similarly skewed; in total, 13 asteroids larger than 100 km are known to have satellites, but none have ...
Kevin J. Walsh +5 more
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Near-Earth Asteroid Satellite Spins Under Spin-Orbit Coupling [PDF]
The Astronomical Journal, 2015 We develop a fourth-order numerical integrator to simulate the coupled spin and orbital motions of two rigid bodies having arbitrary mass distributions under the influence of their mutual gravitational potential. We simulate the dynamics of components in
Margot, Jean-Luc, Naidu, Shantanu P.
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The Moon at thermal infrared wavelengths: a benchmark for asteroid thermal models [PDF]
Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2021 Thermal-infrared measurements of asteroids, satellites, and distant minor bodies are crucial for deriving the objects’ sizes, albedos, and in some cases, also the thermophysical properties of the surface material.
T. Müller +4 more
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Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence. [PDF]
Nature, 2023 Daly RT +100 more
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Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 Context. The Yarkovsky effect is a weak non-gravitational force but may significantly affect sub-kilometre-sized near-Earth asteroids. Yarkovsky-related drift may be detected, in principle, from astrometric or radar datasets of sufficient duration. To date,
L. Liu +7 more
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Environmental Impact of Silicic Magmatism in Large Igneous Province Events
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 133-151., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Scott E. Bryan
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Carbon Speciation and Solubility in Silicate Melts
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 179-194., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Natalia Solomatova +2 more
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Космические аппараты и технологии, 2020 The paper considers non-spherical objects with low gravitational attraction, such as asteroids, satellites of the planet and comets. We considered possibility of a mission to small bodies of the solar system of irregular shape on the example of the ...
O. L. Starinova +2 more
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On the origin of the Trojan asteroids: Effects of Jupiter's mass accretion and radial migration [PDF]
, 2000 We present analytic and numerical results which illustrate the effects of Jupiter's accretion of nebular gas and the planet's radial migration on its Trojan companions.
Fleming, Heather J. +1 more
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