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Characterizing the Modulation and Activation-Triggering Mechanisms of Main-Belt Comets via 3D Thermophysical Modeling of an Ellipsoidal Body. [PDF]
J Geophys Res PlanetsAbstract Main‐belt objects (MBOs) with volatile components provide important insights into the solar system's evolution and the origin of Earth's water. In this study, we employ a 3D thermophysical model to simulate the evolution of a representative ellipsoidal main‐belt comet (MBC) and investigate the factors influencing its gas and dust activity. Our
Zhang Y, Hartzell CM.
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Thermal Properties of 1847 WISE-observed Asteroids
The Planetary Science Journal, 2022 We present new thermophysical model fits of 1847 asteroids, deriving thermal inertia, diameter, and Bond and visible geometric albedo. We use thermal flux measurements obtained by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) during its fully cryogenic ...
Denise Hung +3 more
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Optical spectroscopy and photometry of main-belt asteroids with a high orbital inclination [PDF]
Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Volume 17, Issue 2,
article id. 17 (2017), 2020 We carried out low-resolution optical spectroscopy of 51 main-belt asteroids, most of which have highly-inclined orbits. They are selected from D-type candidates in the SDSS-MOC 4 catalog. Using the University of Hawaii 2.2 m telescope and the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics 2 m telescope in India, we determined the spectral ...
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Detectability of the Yarkovsky Effect in the Main Belt
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We attempt to detect a signal of Yarkovsky-related acceleration in the orbits of 134 main belt asteroids (MBAs) we observed with the University of Hawai’i 88 inch telescope, supplemented with observations publicly available from the Minor Planet Center ...
Denise Hung +3 more
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Gravity-Assist might be a Solution to Save Earth from Global Warming [PDF]
Iranian Journal of Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2023 Global warming is one of the problems of human civilization and decarbonization policy is the main solution to this problem. In this work, we propose an alternative method of using the gravity assist by the asteroids to increase the orbital distance of ...
Sohrab Rahvar
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The Astrophysical Journal, 2023 (704) Interamnia is one of the largest asteroids located in the outer main-belt region, which may contain a large amount of water ice underneath its surface.
Jiang Haoxuan +5 more
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AGU Advances, 2022 Volatile compositions of asteroids provide information on the Solar System history and the origins of Earth's volatiles. Visible to near‐infrared observations at wavelengths of 4) and low temperatures (10 au) and could be transported to their current ...
H. Kurokawa +6 more
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Dynamical evolution of basaltic asteroids outside the Vesta family in the inner main belt [PDF]
A&A 672, A97 (2023), 2023 Basaltic V-type asteroids are leftovers from the formation and evolution of differentiated planetesimals. They are thought to originate from mantles and crusts of multiple different parent bodies. Identifying the links between individual V-type asteroids and multiple planetesimals is challenging, especially in the inner part of the main asteroid belt ...
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V-type Asteroids as the Origin of Mesosiderites
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We present the results of a campaign of hypervelocity impact experiments on natural mesosiderite targets, using representative main asteroid belt impact speeds. The objective is to document further the surface evolution of iron-rich asteroids.
Guy Libourel +5 more
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Physical properties of asteroids
Вісник Астрономічної школи, 2000 The most significant data on the physical properties of main-belt and near-Earth asteroids obtained by photometric, polarimetric, spectroscopic and other techniques, including space missions «Galileo» and NEAR, are presented.
D. F. Lupishko
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