2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Origin of asteroid (469219) Kamo`oalewa: the main asteroid belt or the Giordano Bruno crater on the Moon?
M. Fenucci, B. Novaković, M. Granvik +1
Asteroid Kamo`oalewa is the target of the Tianwen-2 sample-return mission by CNSA. Because of its orbit and its spectral properties, it was proposed that Kamo`oalewa originated fro…
astro-ph.EP2025
Numerical Validation of the Yarkovsky Effect in Super-Fast Rotating Asteroids
Dusan Marceta, Bojan Novakovic, Marko Gavrilovic
Recent discoveries show that asteroids spinning in less than a few minutes undergo sizeable semi-major-axis drifts, possibly driven by the Yarkovsky effect. Analytical formulas can…