The Cybele and Hilda dynamical groups delimit the outer edge of the asteroid belt. Their compositional distribution is a key element to constrain evolutionary...
Project Cassini - A potential collaborative ESA/NASA Saturn Orbiter and Titan Probe mission
Project Cassini is concerned with a potential collaborative mission to Saturn and Titan. The project has been the subject of a joint ESA/NASA Technical...
Properties of slowly rotating asteroids from the Convex Inversion Thermophysical Model
Context. Recent results for asteroid rotation periods from the TESS mission showed how strongly previous studies have underestimated the number of slow rotators...
Regional Photometric Modeling of Asteroid (101955) Bennu
We present a regional photometric analysis of asteroid (101955) Bennu, using image data from the MapCam color imager of the OSIRIS-REx Camera Suite (OCAMS)...
Resurfacing processes constrained by crater distribution on Ryugu
Understanding the geological modification processes on asteroids is fundamental for elucidating their surface evolution. Images of small asteroids from...
Resurfacing processes on asteroid (162173) Ryugu caused by an artificial impact of Hayabusa2's Small Carry-on Impactor
The resurfacing process on Ryugu accompanying the artificial impact crater formation by Hayabusa2's Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) was studied by comparing pre-...
Rotational fission of trans-Neptunian objects: the case of Haumea
We present several lines of evidence, based on different kinds of observations, and we conclude that it is likely that rotational fission has occurred for a...
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites
Carbonaceous meteorites are thought to be fragments of C-type (carbonaceous) asteroids. Samples of the C-type asteroid (162173) Ryugu were retrieved by the...
Scaling slowly rotating asteroids with stellar occultations
Context. As evidenced by recent survey results, the majority of asteroids are slow rotators (spin periods longer than 12 h), but lack spin and shape models...