Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu
Asteroid interiors are key to understand their formation and evolution. Here, the authors show that numerically simulated low-cohesion and low-friction structures with several high-cohesion internal zones can explain asteroid Bennu’s geophysical characteristics and the absence of the moons.
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| author | Yun Zhang Patrick Michel Olivier S. Barnouin James H. Roberts Michael G. Daly Ronald-L. Ballouz Kevin J. Walsh Derek C. Richardson Christine M. Hartzell Dante S. Lauretta |
| author_facet | Yun Zhang Patrick Michel Olivier S. Barnouin James H. Roberts Michael G. Daly Ronald-L. Ballouz Kevin J. Walsh Derek C. Richardson Christine M. Hartzell Dante S. Lauretta |
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| description | Asteroid interiors are key to understand their formation and evolution. Here, the authors show that numerically simulated low-cohesion and low-friction structures with several high-cohesion internal zones can explain asteroid Bennu’s geophysical characteristics and the absence of the moons. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-035f07c2e41b47aaa86b2620aa1a10852022-12-22T02:48:45ZengNature PortfolioNature Communications2041-17232022-08-0113111210.1038/s41467-022-32288-yInferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) BennuYun Zhang0Patrick Michel1Olivier S. Barnouin2James H. Roberts3Michael G. Daly4Ronald-L. Ballouz5Kevin J. Walsh6Derek C. Richardson7Christine M. Hartzell8Dante S. Lauretta9Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire LagrangeUniversité Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire LagrangeThe Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics LaboratoryThe Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics LaboratoryThe Centre for Research in Earth and Space Science, York UniversityThe Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics LaboratorySouthwest Research InstituteDepartment of Astronomy, University of MarylandDepartment of Aerospace Engineering, University of MarylandLunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of ArizonaAsteroid interiors are key to understand their formation and evolution. Here, the authors show that numerically simulated low-cohesion and low-friction structures with several high-cohesion internal zones can explain asteroid Bennu’s geophysical characteristics and the absence of the moons.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32288-y |
| spellingShingle | Yun Zhang Patrick Michel Olivier S. Barnouin James H. Roberts Michael G. Daly Ronald-L. Ballouz Kevin J. Walsh Derek C. Richardson Christine M. Hartzell Dante S. Lauretta Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu Nature Communications |
| title | Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu |
| title_full | Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu |
| title_fullStr | Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu |
| title_full_unstemmed | Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu |
| title_short | Inferring interiors and structural history of top-shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu |
| title_sort | inferring interiors and structural history of top shaped asteroids from external properties of asteroid 101955 bennu |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32288-y |
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