2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
The diverse shapes of binary asteroid satellites born from sub-escape-velocity moonlet mergers
John Wimarsson, Fabio Ferrari, Martin Jutzi
Recent direct observations of atypically shaped rubble-pile satellites of sub-km asteroids in form of the spherically oblate Dimorphos and bilobate Selam challenge classical binary…
astro-ph.EP2024
Rapid formation of binary asteroid systems post rotational failure: a recipe for making atypically shaped satellites
John Wimarsson, Zhen Xiang, Fabio Ferrari +4
Binary asteroid formation is a highly complex process, which has been highlighted with recent observations of satellites with unexpected shapes, such as the oblate Dimorphos by the…