The surface sensitivity of rubble-pile asteroids during a distant planetary encounter: Influence of asteroid shape elongation
arXiv:2011.02546 · doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114205
Abstract
We numerically investigate how an asteroid's elongation controls the sensitivity of its surface to tidal effects during a distant planetary encounter beyond the Roche limit. We analyze the surface slope and its variation by considering the shape elongation, as well as the spin period and orbital conditions. A more elongated asteroid tends to have a higher slope variation, while there may not be a monotonic increase of the total area having such a variation
12 pages, 1 figures, to be published in Icarus
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