Direct N-body Simulations of Satellite Formation around Small Asteroids: Insights from DART’s Encounter with the Didymos System

Direct N-body Simulations of Satellite Formation around Small Asteroids: Insights from DART’s Encounter with the Didymos System

We explore binary asteroid formation by spin-up and rotational disruption considering the NASA DART mission's encounter with the Didymos–Dimorphos binary, which was the first small binary visited by a spacecraft. Using a suite of N -body simulations, we follow the gravitational accumulation of...

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Main Authors: Harrison F. Agrusa, Yun Zhang, Derek C. Richardson, Petr Pravec, Matija Ćuk, Patrick Michel, Ronald-Louis Ballouz, Seth A. Jacobson, Daniel J. Scheeres, Kevin Walsh, Olivier Barnouin, R. Terik Daly, Eric Palmer, Maurizio Pajola, Alice Lucchetti, Filippo Tusberti, Joseph V. DeMartini, Fabio Ferrari, Alex J. Meyer, Sabina D. Raducan, Paul Sánchez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
Subjects:
Asteroid dynamics
Asteroid satellites
Asteroid rotation
Near-Earth objects
Small Solar System bodies
Asteroids
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad206b

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