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Dynamics of planetary rings under thermal forces
Wen-Han Zhou, Eiichiro Kokubo, Harrison Agrusa +5
Planetary rings provide natural laboratories for studying the fundamental processes that govern the evolution of planetary systems. However, several key features, such as the sharp…
Exploring rotational properties and the YORP effect in asteroid families
Gabriele Bertinelli, Wen-Han Zhou, Paolo Tanga
The long-term dynamical evolution of asteroid families is governed by the interplay between orbital and rotational evolution driven by thermal forces and collision. We aim to obser…
Confined tumbling state as the origin of the excess of slowly rotating asteroids
Wen-Han Zhou, Patrick Michel, Marco Delbo +4
The rotational distribution of asteroids as a function of their size is used {as a diagnostic of} their physical properties and evolution. Recent photometric surveys from the Gaia…
The binary Yarkovsky effect on the primary asteroid with applications to singly synchronous binary asteroids
Wen-Han Zhou
The binary Yarkovsky effect on the secondary asteroid (BYS) was recently discovered to influence binary asteroid systems by pushing the secondary asteroid toward a synchronous orbi…
A semi-analytical thermal model for craters with application to the crater-induced YORP effect
Wen-Han Zhou, Patrick Michel
Context. The YORP effect is the thermal torque generated by radiation from the surface of an asteroid. The effect is sensitive to surface topology, including small-scale roughness,…
The Yarkovsky effect on the long-term evolution of binary asteroids
Wen-Han Zhou, David Vokrouhlicky, Masanori Kanamaru +4
We explore the Yarkovsky effect on small binary asteroids. While significant attention has been given to the binary YORP effect, the Yarkovsky effect is often overlooked. We develo…
Interstellar Asteroid Rotation with the Mechanical Torque Produced by Interstellar Medium
Wen Han Zhou
The first interstellar object 'Oumuamua is discovered in 2017. When 'Oumuamua travels in interstellar space, it keeps colliding with interstellar medium (ISM). Given a sufficiently…