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Evaluation of simulated space weathering-based meteorite alteration and potential influence on mechanical deformation of rubble pile asteroids

Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
Asteroids with the potential to impact Earth have become a significant focus of scientific research and applied space technology. These bodies are expected to be key targets for mitigation actions and space mining activities in the coming decades ...
A. Kereszturi, A. Kereszturi, I. Gyollai, I. Gyollai, S. Biri, Z. Juhász, Cs. Király, Cs. Király, B. D. Pál, B. D. Pál, R. Rácz, D. Rezes, D. Rezes, B. Sulik, M. Szabó, M. Szabó, Z. Szalai, Z. Szalai, Z. Szalai, P. Szávai, P. Szávai   +20 more
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Rotationally Resolved Near-infrared Spectroscopy of Three Large Eurybates Family Members

The Planetary Science Journal
The Eurybates family is the largest collisional family in the Jupiter Trojan population. Previous visible spectroscopy of asteroid (3548) Eurybates has shown potential surface heterogeneity due to rotation of the asteroid.
Anicia Arredondo
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Asteroid and comet surfaces [PDF]

Photometric and spectrophotometric studies of asteroids and comets are in progress to address questions about the mineralogical relationship between asteroids near the 3:1 Kirkwood gap and ordinary chondrite meteorites and between cometary nuclei and the
Mcfadden, Lucy-Ann
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Planetary Bistatic Radar [PDF]

, 2018
Planetary radar observations offer the potential for probing the properties of characteristics of solid bodies throughout the inner solar system and at least as far as the orbit of Saturn.
Brozovic, M., Butler, B. J., Lazio, T. Joseph W., Margot, Jean-Luc, Naidu, Shantanu P.   +4 more
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Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Iron Reduction on Lunar and Asteroidal Surfaces by Micrometeoroids and Solar Wind

The Astrophysical Journal
Regolith grains and rock surfaces altered by space weathering on the Moon and S-type asteroids contain nanometer-sized metallic iron particles, known as nanophase iron (npFe ^0 ).
Daigo Shoji
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Asteroid-NeRF: A deep-learning method for 3D surface reconstruction of asteroids

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. Asteroids preserve important information about the origin and evolution of the Solar System. Three-dimensional (3D) surface models of asteroids are essential for exploration missions and scientific research. Regular methods for 3D surface reconstruction of asteroids, such as stereo-photogrammetry (SPG), usually struggle to reconstruct ...
Shihan Chen, Bo Wu, Hongliang Li, Zhaojin Li, Yi Liu   +4 more
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Shaking and Tumbling: Short- and Long-timescale Mechanisms for Resurfacing of Near-Earth Asteroid Surfaces from Planetary Tides and Predictions for the 2029 Earth Encounter by (99942) Apophis

The Planetary Science Journal
Spectral characterization of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) has revealed a continuum of space-weathered states for the surfaces of S-complex NEAs, with Q-class NEAs, an S-complex subclass, most closely matching the unweathered surfaces of ordinary chondrite
R.-L. Ballouz, H. Agrusa, O.S. Barnouin, K.J. Walsh, Y. Zhang, R.P. Binzel, V.J. Bray, D. N. DellaGiustina, E.R. Jawin, J.V. DeMartini, A. Marusiak, P. Michel, N. Murdoch, D.C. Richardson, E.G. Rivera-Valentín, A.S. Rivkin, Y. Tang   +16 more
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Candidate Main-belt Asteroids for Surface Heterogeneity

The Astronomical Journal
Abstract Large terrestrial bodies in our solar system like the Earth, Mars, Mercury, and the Moon exhibit geologically complex surfaces with compositional heterogeneity. From past studies using large telescopes and spacecraft, it was shown that asteroids with diameters larger than 100 km also show surface heterogeneity at hemispheric ...
Hasegawa, Sunao, Marsset, Michaël, Demeo, Francesca, Hanuš, Josef, Binzel, Richard, Bus, Schelte, Burt, Brian, Polishook, David, Thomas, Cristina, Geem, Jooyeon, Ishiguro, Masateru, Kuroda, Daisuke, Vernazza, Pierre   +12 more
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Radar Circular Polarization Ratio of Near-Earth Asteroids: Links to Spectral Taxonomy and Surface Processes

The Planetary Science Journal
The radar circular polarization ratio (CPR) is an indicator of near-surface, wavelength-scale complexity. Interestingly, previous surveys also noted an association between near-Earth asteroid (NEA) disk-integrated CPR and spectral taxonomic class ...
Edgard G. Rivera-Valentín, Betzaida Aponte-Hernández, Patrick A. Taylor, Michael C. Nolan, Ellen S. Howell, Dany Waller, Luisa F. Zambrano-Marín, Anne K. Virkki, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Angela M. Stickle   +9 more
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Asteroid gravitational field calculation via GeodesyNets with quadratic layers

Geo-spatial Information Science
Asteroid gravity inversion is a method used to infer the internal density distribution of small celestial bodies through external gravitational measurements.
Zhitao Fu, Weitong Li, Shanhong Liu
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