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astro-ph.EP2019★ 18 cited
The Global Surface Roughness of 25143 Itokawa
Hannah C. M. Susorney, Catherine L. Johnson, Olivier S. Barnouin +4
Surface roughness is an important metric in understanding how the geologic history of an asteroid affects its small-scale topography and it provides an additional means to quantita…
astro-ph.EP2019★ 36 cited
The Western Bulge of 162173 Ryugu Formed as a Result of a Rotationally Driven Deformation Process
Masatoshi Hirabayashi, Eri Tatsumi, Hideaki Miyamoto +26
162173 Ryugu, the target of Hayabusa2, has a round shape with an equatorial ridge, which is known as a spinning top-shape. A strong centrifugal force is a likely contributor to Ryu…