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Asteroid Family Physical Properties

Year: 2015

Type: book-chapter

Abstract: An asteroid family is typically formed when a larger parent body undergoes a catastrophic collisional disruption, and as such family members are expected to show physical properties that closely trace the composition and mineralogical evolution of the parent. Recently a number of new datasets have been released that probe the physical properties of a large number of asteroids, many of which are members of identified families. We review these data sets and the composite properties of asteroid families derived from this plethora of new data. We also discuss the limitations of the current data, and the open questions in the field.

Source: University of Arizona Press eBooks

DOI: 10.2458/azu_uapress_9780816532131-ch017

Authors: J. R. Masiero, F. E. DeMeo, T. Kasuga, A. H. Parker

Institutions: California Institute of Technology, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Harvard University, Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian, Chiba Institute of Technology, Southwest Research Institute

Language: English

Topic: Astro and Planetary Science

Subfield: Astronomy and Astrophysics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1536263690

FWCI: 7.164

Cites: 136

Cited by: 37

Related to: 10