2 papers
astro-ph.EP2026
Shaken, not stirred: inefficient mixing of CM- and CI-like materials
Sarah E. Anderson, Pierre Vernazza, Miroslav Broz
A recent study suggests that CM chondrite-like planetesimals formed in the vicinity of Saturn, in a pressure bump outside the gap carved by proto-Jupiter. While a fraction of these…
astro-ph.EP2025
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defense
Auriane Egal, Denis Vida, François Colas +94
Mitigation of the threat from airbursting asteroids requires an understanding of the potential risk they pose for the ground. How asteroids release their kinetic energy in the atmo…