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Hayabusa-2 Mission Target Asteroid 162173 Ryugu (1999 JU3): Searching for the Object's Spin-Axis Orientation
T. G. Müller, J. Ďurech, M. Ishiguro +27
The JAXA Hayabusa-2 mission was approved in 2010 and launched on December 3, 2014. The spacecraft will arrive at the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu in 2018 where it will perform…
The Influence of Global Self-Heating on the Yarkovsky and YORP Effects
Ben Rozitis, Simon F. Green
We present an adaptation of the ATPM to simultaneously predict the Yarkovsky and YORP effects in the presence of global self-heating that occurs within the large concavities of irr…
The size distribution of Jupiter Family comet nuclei
C. Snodgrass, A. Fitzsimmons, S. C. Lowry +1
We present an updated cumulative size distribution (CSD) for Jupiter Family comet (JFC) nuclei, including a rigourous assessment of the uncertainty on the slope of the CSD. The CSD…
Thermo-physical properties of 162173 (1999 JU3), a potential flyby and rendezvous target for interplanetary missions
T. G. Mueller, J. Durech, S. Hasegawa +15
Near-Earth asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3) is a potential flyby and rendezvous target for interplanetary missions because of its easy to reach orbit. The physical and thermal properties…