Shaking and Tumbling: Short- and Long-Timescale Mechanisms for Resurfacing of Near-Earth Asteroid Surfaces from Planetary Tides and Predictions for the 2029 Earth Encounter by (99942) Apophis

Autor: Ballouz, R. -L., Agrusa, H., Barnouin, O. S., Walsh, K. J., Zhang, Y., Binzel, R. P., Bray, V. J., DellaGiustina, D. N., Jawin, E. R., DeMartini, J. V., Marusiak, A., Michel, P., Murdoch, N., Richardson, D. C., Rivera-Valentín, E. G., Rivkin, A. S., Tang, Y.

Spectral characterization of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) has revealed a continuum of space-weathered states for the surfaces of S-complex NEAs, with Q-class NEAs, an S-complex subclass, most closely matching the un-weathered surfaces of ordinary chon

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.04864

Initial results from the New Horizons exploration of 2014 MU69, a small Kuiper Belt Object

Autor: Stern, S. A., Weaver, H. A., Spencer, J. R., Olkin, C. B., Gladstone, G. R., Grundy, W. M., Moore, J. M., Cruikshank, D. P., Elliott, H. A., McKinnon, W. B., Parker, J. Wm., Verbiscer, A. J., Young, L. A., Aguilar, D. A., Albers, J. M., Andert, T., Andrews, J. P., Bagenal, F., Banks, M. E., Bauer, B. A., Bauman, J. A., Bechtold, K. E., Beddingfield, C. B., Behrooz, N., Beisser, K. B., Benecchi, S. D., Bernardoni, E., Beyer, R. A., Bhaskaran, S., Bierson, C. J., Binzel, R. P., Birath, E. M., Bird, M. K., Boone, D. R., Bowman, A. F., Bray, V. J., Britt, D. T., Brown, L. E., Buckley, M. R., Buie, M. W., Buratti, B. J., Burke, L. M., Bushman, S. S., Carcich, B., Chaikin, A. L., Chavez, C. L., Cheng, A. F., Colwell, E. J., Conard, S. J., Conner, M. P., Conrad, C. A., Cook, J. C., Cooper, S. B., Custodio, O. S., Ore, C. M. Dalle, Deboy, C. C., Dharmavaram, P., Dhingra, R. D., Dunn, G. F., Earle, A. M., Egan, A. F., Eisig, J., El-Maarry, M. R., Engelbrecht, C., Enke, B. L., Ercol, C. J., Fattig, E. D., Ferrell, C. L., Finley, T. J., Firer, J., Fischetti, J., Folkner, W. M., Fosbury, M. N., Fountain, G. H., Freeze, J. M., Gabasova, L., Glaze, L. S., Green, J. L., Griffith, G. A., Guo, Y., Hahn, M., Hals, D. W., Hamilton, D. P., Hamilton, S. A., Hanley, J. J., Harch, A., Harmon, K. A., Hart, H. M., Hayes, J., Hersman, C. B., Hill, M. E., Hill, T. A., Hofgartner, J. D., Holdridge, M. E., Horányi, M., Hosadurga, A., Howard, A. D., Howett, C. J. A., Jaskulek, S. E., Jennings, D. E., Jensen, J. R., Jones, M. R., Kang, H. K., Katz, D. J., Kaufmann, D. E., Kavelaars, J. J., Keane, J. T., Keleher, G. P., Kinczyk, M., Kochte, M. C., Kollmann, P., Krimigis, S. M., Kruizinga, G. L., Kusnierkiewicz, D. Y., Lahr, M. S., Lauer, T. R., Lawrence, G. B., Lee, J. E., Lessac-Chenen, E. J., Linscott, I. R., Lisse, C. M., Lunsford, A. W., Mages, D. M., Mallder, V. A., Martin, N. P., May, B. H., McComas, D. J., McNutt, R. L., Mehoke, Jr. D. S., Mehoke, T. S., Nelson, D. S., Nguyen, H. D., Núñez, J. I., Ocampo, A. C., Owen, W. M., Oxton, G. K., Parker, A. H., Pätzold, M., Pelgrift, J. Y., Pelletier, F. J., Pineau, J. P., Piquette, M. R., Porter, S. B., Protopapa, S., Quirico, E., Redfern, J. A., Regiec, A. L., Reitsema, H. J., Reuter, D. C., Richardson, D. C., Riedel, J. E., Ritterbush, M. A., Robbins, S. J., Rodgers, D. J., Rogers, G. D., Rose, D. M., Rosendall, P. E., Runyon, K. D., Ryschkewitsch, M. G., Saina, M. M., Salinas, M. J., Schenk, P. M., Scherrer, J. R., Schlei, W. R., Schmitt, B., Schultz, D. J., Schurr, D. C., Scipioni, F., Sepan, R. L., Shelton, R. G., Showalter, M. R., Simon, M., Singer, K. N., Stahlheber, E. W., Stanbridge, D. R., Stansberry, J. A., Steffl, A. J., Strobel, D. F., Stothoff, M. M., Stryk, T., Stuart, J. R., Summers, M. E., Tapley, M. B., Taylor, A., Taylor, H. W., Tedford, R. M., Throop, H. B., Turner, L. S., Umurhan, O. M., Van Eck, J., Velez, D., Versteeg, M. H., Vincent, M. A., Webbert, R. W., Weidner, S. E., Weigle II, G. E., Wendel, J. R., White, O. L., Whittenburg, K. E., Williams, B. G., Williams, K. E., Williams, S. P., Winters, H. L., Zangari, A. M., Zurbuchen, T. H.

Publikováno v: Science 364, eaaw9771 (2019)

The Kuiper Belt is a distant region of the Solar System. On 1 January 2019, the New Horizons spacecraft flew close to (486958) 2014 MU69, a Cold Classical Kuiper Belt Object, a class of objects that have never been heated by the Sun and are therefore

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.01017

Reorientation of Sputnik Planitia implies a Subsurface Ocean on Pluto

Autor: Nimmo, F., Hamilton, D. P., Schenk, W. B. McKinnon P. M., Binzel, R. P., Bierson, C. J., Beyer, R. A., Moore, J. M., Stern, S. A., Weaver, H. A., Olkin, C., Young, L. A., Smith, K. E., Spencer, J. R., Buie, M., Buratti, B., Cheng, A., Cruikshank, D., Ore, C. Dalle, Earle, A., Gladstone, R., Grundy, W., Howard, A. D., Lauer, T., Linscott, I., Parker, J., Porter, S., Reitsema, H., Reuter, D., Roberts, J. H., Robbins, S., Showalter, M., Singer, K., Strobel, D., Summers, M., Tyler, L., Weaver, H., White, O. L., Umurhan, O. M., Banks, M., Barnouin, O., Bray, V., Carcich, B., Chaikin, A., Chavez, C., Conrad, C., Howett, C., Hofgartner, J., Kammer, J., Lisse, C., Marcotte, A., Parker, A., Retherford, K., Saina, M., Runyon, K., Schindhelm, R., Stansberry, J., Steffl, A., Stryk, T., Throop, . H., Tsang, C., Verbiscer, A., Winters, H., Zangari, A.

Publikováno v: Pluto, Nature, 540, 94-96 (2016)

The deep nitrogen-covered Sputnik Planitia (SP; informal name) basin on Pluto is located very close to the longitude of Pluto's tidal axis[1] and may be an impact feature [2], by analogy with other large basins in the solar system[3,4]. Reorientation

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.05574

Formation of Charon's Red Poles From Seasonally Cold-Trapped Volatiles

Autor: Grundy, W. M., Cruikshank, D. P., Gladstone, G. R., Howett, C. J. A., Lauer, T. R., Spencer, J. R., Summers, M. E., Buie, M. W., Earle, A. M., Ennico, K., Parker, J. Wm., Porter, S. B., Singer, K. N., Stern, S. A., Verbiscer, A. J., Beyer, R. A., Binzel, R. P., Buratti, B. J., Cook, J. C., Ore, C. M. Dalle, Olkin, C. B., Parker, A. H., Protopapa, S., Quirico, E., Retherford, K. D., Robbins, S. J., Schmitt, B., Stansberry, J. A., Umurhan, O. M., Weaver, H. A., Young, L. A., Zangari, A. M., Bray, V. J., Cheng, A. F., McKinnon, W. B., McNutt Jr., R. L., Moore, J. M., Nimmo, F., Reuter, D. C., Schenk, P. M., Team, the New Horizons Science

Publikováno v: Published in 2016 in Nature 539, 65-68

A unique feature of Pluto's large satellite Charon is its dark red northern polar cap. Similar colours on Pluto's surface have been attributed to organic macromolecules produced by energetic radiation processing of hydrocarbons. The polar location of

Externí odkaz: http://arxiv.org/abs/1903.03724

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