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Determinations of Asteroid Masses Using Mutual Encounters Observed in the Legacy Survey of Space and Time

The Planetary Science Journal
Using published simulations of the 10 yr Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), we forecast its ability to determine the masses of individual main-belt asteroids (MBAs) through precise astrometry of any pairs of the ≈1.2 million known MBAs undergoing ...
Gary M. Bernstein, Negin Najafi, Daniel C. H. Gomes   +2 more
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Noble gases and nitrogen in material from asteroid Bennu

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 7, Page 1593-1609, July 2026.
Abstract We report the elemental and isotopic abundances of all stable noble gases (helium, neon, argon, krypton, and xenon) in eight particles from asteroid Bennu returned by NASA's OSIRIS‐REx mission. We also report nitrogen abundances and isotopic ratios that were analyzed alongside neon and argon in four additional Bennu particles.
B. Marty, L. Zimmermann, E. Füri, D. V. Bekaert, J. J. Barnes, A. N. Nguyen, H. C. Connolly, D. S. Lauretta   +7 more
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Confirmation of the impact origin of the Late Ordovician Tvären impact structure (southeast Sweden) and emplacement of impactites in a marine setting

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, Volume 61, Issue 7, Page 1188-1212, July 2026.
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, Sanna Alwmark, Mikael Calner, Sylvain Richoz, Jens Ormö, Erik Sturkell, Carl Alwmark   +6 more
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Boosting decision trees for the selection of main belt asteroids in planetary ephemerides: An alternative model

Astronomy & Astrophysics
Context. One of the main bottlenecks in assessing the accuracy of the Mars orbit is the unknown value of the asteroids in the main asteroid belt. A modeling with 343 asteroids as point masses is used today, with the relative masses fit to observational ...
Mariani Vincenzo, Fienga Agnès, Murray Zachary, Gastineau Mickaël, Laskar Jacques   +4 more
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Sampling, Mobility, and Anchoring in Small‐Body Sampling Robots: A Comprehensive Review

SmartBot, Volume 2, Issue 2, June 2026.
Small‐body sampling robots are exploration systems that perform contact, sampling, and stable operations on microgravity bodies such as asteroids and comets. The authors review representative robot architectures and key technologies, focusing on the mechanisms, evolution, and coupling of sampling, mobility, and anchoring.
Yurui Shen, Yixin Zhu, Mingxia Bao, Ting Zhang, Jun Wu, Jingbin Hao, Dezheng Hua, Xinhua Liu   +7 more
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Eccentricity distribution in the main asteroid belt [PDF]

Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016
The observationally complete sample of the main belt asteroids now spans more than two orders of magnitude in size and numbers more than 64,000 (excluding collisional family members). We undertook an analysis of asteroids' eccentricities and their interpretation with simple physical models.
Malhotra, Renu, Wang, Xianyu
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Asteroid Mass Estimation by Mutual Perturbations During Close Encounters After Gaia Focused Product Release

The Astronomical Journal
Mutual perturbations between asteroids during close encounters allow the estimation of their masses using precise astrometric observations. We use all astrometry reported to the Minor Planet Center, high-precision astrometry from ESA’s Gaia Focused ...
Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Davide Farnocchia, Jon D. Giorgini, Ryan S. Park   +3 more
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Widespread Impact‐Induced Crustal Permeability on the Early Earth

AGU Advances, Volume 7, Issue 3, June 2026.
Abstract The early Earth (i.e., Archean and Hadean Eons, 2.5–4.0 and 4.0–4.5 Ga, respectively) experienced frequent cosmic bombardment. Impacts have been shown to stimulate crustal alteration, for instance via hydrothermal systems active for up to millions of years post‐impact.
A. M. Alexander, S. Marchi, B. C. Johnson   +2 more
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Evidence for Random Walk Transport of Small Asteroids from the Main Belt to the Inner Solar System

The Planetary Science Journal
The transport of some main-belt asteroids to the inner solar system depends on Yarkovsky radiation forces changing the orbits of those asteroids. However, these forces depend on the rotational states of the asteroids, and YORP radiation forces act to ...
Stanley F. Dermott, Apostolos A. Christou, Dan Li   +2 more
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Impact and Crystallization Modeling of the Sudbury Basin and Its Implications for a Hadean Crust

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets, Volume 131, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract The 1.85 Ga Sudbury Structure hosts Earth's largest and best‐preserved impact‐induced melt sheet, the Sudbury Igneous Complex (SIC), which crystallized into distinct noritic, gabbroic, and granophyric layers. We conduct impact simulations with iSALE‐2D and crystallization modeling using alphaMELTS 2 to track the formation and evolution of the ...
Nicolas B. Litza, Miki Nakajima, J. Brian Balta, Steven B. Shirey, Dustin Trail, Kim A. Cone, Ian Szumila, Rasmus Haugaard, Taus R. C. Jørgensen, Scott D. Hull, Michael R. Ackerson   +10 more
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