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...
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. |
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Other Authors: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences |
Format: | Article |
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Elsevier BV
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114833 https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0000-0572 |
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