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The Discovery and Characterization of Earth-crossing Asteroid 2024 YR4

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal Letters
We describe observations and physical characteristics of Earth-crossing asteroid 2024 YR _4 , discovered on 2024 December 27 by the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System.
Bryce T. Bolin   +11 more
doaj   +1 more source

Compositional characterisation of the Themis family

open access: yes, 2015
Context. It has recently been proposed that the surface composition of icy main-belt asteroids (B-,C-,Cb-,Cg-,P-,and D-types) may be consistent with that of chondritic porous interplanetary dust particles (CPIDPs). Aims.
Binzel, R. P.   +7 more
core   +3 more sources

Static recrystallization of shocked calcite in Ries impact breccias

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Calcite is prone to chemical and microstructural modifications, especially after having been strained at high stresses and strain rates, as during hypervelocity impact events. These modifications include precipitation from pore fluid as well as replacement of strained volumes by recrystallization. In calcite aggregates of a metagranite breccia
Claudia A. Trepmann   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Simultaneous Spectroscopic and Photometric Observations of Binary Asteroids

open access: yes, 2009
We present results of visible wavelengths spectroscopic measurements (0.45 to 0.72 microns) of two binary asteroids, obtained with the 1-m telescope at the Wise Observatory on January 2008.
Brosch, N.   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Microbial Endolithic Community at Meteor Crater

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Postimpact recovery and evolution in response to climate changes produced a modern ecosystem at Meteor Crater dominated by a grassland and woodland of piñon and juniper, which has been used to evaluate floral and megafaunal consequences of impact cratering during the Phanerozoic Eon of complex life.
David A. Kring, Charles S. Cockell
wiley   +1 more source

Reactive Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Micrometeoroid Bombardment for Space Weathering of Asteroid (162173) Ryugu

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal
Remote sensing observations by Hayabusa2 and laboratory measurements have revealed that the phyllosilicates on asteroid (162173) Ryugu are dehydrated/dehydroxylated due to space weathering.
Daigo Shoji
doaj   +1 more source

Physical observations and taxonomy of asteroids [PDF]

open access: yes
Physical asteroid observations are summarized and the classification scheme to describe asteroid surfaces in relation to mineralogical composition is detailed.
Morrison, D.
core   +1 more source

The dynamical environment of asteroid 21 Lutetia according to different internal models

open access: yes, 2016
One of the most accurate models currently used to represent the gravity field of irregular bodies is the polyhedral approach. In this model, the mass of the body is assumed to be homogeneous, which may not be true for a real object.
Aljbaae, Safwan   +5 more
core   +2 more sources

Confirmation of the impact origin of the Late Ordovician Tvären impact structure (southeast Sweden) and emplacement of impactites in a marine setting

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract The Tvären structure in southeastern Sweden has been listed as a confirmed marine‐target impact structure for decades. However, to date, no measurements and/or indexed data of planar deformation features in quartz grains from the structure have been published or any other unequivocal evidence of impact.
Katarzyna J. Gajewska   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

An Updated Shape Model of Dimorphos from DART Data

open access: yesThe Planetary Science Journal
Dimorphos was the target of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission. This paper summarizes the properties of an updated shape model of Dimorphos, describes the differences between the updated shape model and an earlier version published by ...
R. Terik Daly   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

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