2 papers
astro-ph.EP2025
Prediction of Apophis's deformation-driven rotational evolution during its closest encounter to the Earth in 2029
Masatoshi Hirabayashi
In 2029, the near-Earth asteroid (99942) Apophis approaches the Earth within six Earth radii. This opportunity is one of the rarest natural experiments that we can use to better ch…
astro-ph.EP2025
The Dynamical State of the Didymos System Before and After the DART Impact
Derek C. Richardson, Harrison F. Agrusa, Brent Barbee +50
NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacted Dimorphos, the natural satellite of (65803) Didymos, on 2022 September 26, as a first successful test of kinetic…