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Some challenges for the long-term survival of Naiad, Neptune's innermost moon
Harrison Agrusa, Matija Ćuk, David Nesvorný +1
The Naiad-Thalassa 73:69 mean-motion resonance implies these moons have co-existed for 1 Gyr, raising the question of how they survived to the present day. We examine thre…
Size Constraints for the Pre-atmospheric Parent Bodies of Ordinary Chondrites
Juan A. Sanchez, David C. Cantillo, Adam Battle +7
The study of S-complex near-Earth objects (NEOs), the parent bodies of ordinary chondrites, has shown that they are dominated by asteroids with LL chondrite-like compositions. This…
Analysis of Karin and Koronis2 asteroid families: new findings and challenges
David Vokrouhlický, David Nesvorný, William F. Bottke
We use our home catalog of the asteroid proper elements to study the Karin family. The hierarchical clustering method provides formal identification with 3,863 members, but this se…
A Near-Earth Object Model Calibrated to Earth Impactors
Sophie E. Deam, Hadrien A. R. Devillepoix, David Nesvorný +16
The population of Earth-impacting meteoroids and its size-dependent orbital elements are key to understanding the origin of meteorites and informing on planetary defence efforts. O…