2 papers
astro-ph.EP2009
Collisional and Rotational Disruption of Asteroids
Kevin J. Walsh, Patrick Michel, Derek C. Richardson
Asteroids are leftover pieces from the era of planet formation that help us understand conditions in the early Solar System. Unlike larger planetary bodies that were subject to glo…
astro-ph2004
Gravitational instability and clustering in a disk of planetesimals
P. Tanga, S. J. Weidenschilling, P. Michel +1
For a long time, gravitational instability in the disk of planetesimals has been suspected to be the main engine responsible for the beginning of dust growth, its advantage being t…