A 2km-size asteroid challenging the rubble-pile spin barrier – A case for cohesion

A 2km-size asteroid challenging the rubble-pile spin barrier – A case for cohesion

The rubble pile spin barrier is an upper limit on the rotation rate of asteroids larger than ~200-300. m. Among thousands of asteroids with diameters larger than ~300. m, only a handful of asteroids are known to rotate faster than 2.0. h, all are in the sub-km range (≤0.6. km). Here we present photo...

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Main Authors: Polishook, D., Moskovitz, N., Hinkle, M.L., Lockhart, M., Mommert, M., Thirouin, A., Thomas, C.A., Trilling, D., Willman, M., Aharonson, O., Binzel, Richard P, Burt, Brian, DeMeo, Francesca E, Person, Michael J.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier BV 2018
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114833
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0000-0572

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114833
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0000-0572

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