Mechanical properties of rubble pile asteroids (Dimorphos, Itokawa, Ryugu, and Bennu) through surface boulder morphological analysis

Mechanical properties of rubble pile asteroids (Dimorphos, Itokawa, Ryugu, and Bennu) through surface boulder morphological analysis

Abstract Planetary defense efforts rely on estimates of the mechanical properties of asteroids, which are difficult to constrain accurately from Earth. The mechanical properties of asteroid material are also important in the interpretation of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) impact. Here...

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Main Authors: Colas Q. Robin, Alexia Duchene, Naomi Murdoch, Jean-Baptiste Vincent, Alice Lucchetti, Maurizio Pajola, Carolyn M. Ernst, R. Terik Daly, Olivier S. Barnouin, Sabina D. Raducan, Patrick Michel, Masatochi Hirabayashi, Alexander Stott, Gabriela Cuervo, Erica R. Jawin, Josep M. Trigo-Rodriguez, Laura M. Parro, Cecily Sunday, Damien Vivet, David Mimoun, Andrew S. Rivkin, Nancy L. Chabot
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-50147-w
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