Observations, meteorites, and models: a preflight assessment of the composition and formation of (16) Psyche

LT Elkins‐Tanton, E Asphaug, JF Bell III… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Some years ago, the consensus was that asteroid (16) Psyche was almost entirely metal.
New data on density, radar properties, and spectral signatures indicate that the asteroid is …

Dust-to-gas and refractory-to-ice mass ratios of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from Rosetta observations

M Choukroun, K Altwegg, E Kührt, N Biver… - Space science …, 2020 - Springer
This chapter reviews the estimates of the dust-to-gas and refractory-to-ice mass ratios
derived from Rosetta measurements in the lost materials and the nucleus of 67P/Churyumov …

The ESA Hera mission: detailed characterization of the DART impact outcome and of the binary asteroid (65803) Didymos

P Michel, M Küppers, AC Bagatin, B Carry… - The planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Hera is a planetary defense mission under development in the Space Safety and Security
Program of the European Space Agency for launch in 2024 October. It will rendezvous in …

AIDA DART asteroid deflection test: Planetary defense and science objectives

AF Cheng, AS Rivkin, P Michel, J Atchison… - Planetary and Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract The Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment (AIDA) mission is an international
cooperation between NASA and ESA. NASA plans to provide the Double Asteroid …

European component of the AIDA mission to a binary asteroid: Characterization and interpretation of the impact of the DART mission

P Michel, M Kueppers, H Sierks, I Carnelli… - Advances in Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
The European component of the joint ESA-NASA Asteroid Impact & Deflection Assessment
(AIDA) mission has been redesigned from the original version called Asteroid Impact …

The juventas CubeSat in support of ESA's hera mission to the asteroid didymos

HR Goldberg, Ö Karatekin, B Ritter, A Herique… - 2019 - digitalcommons.usu.edu
Abstract The European Space Agency's planetary defense Hera mission will launch to the
Didymos binary asteroid system in 2023 (with bodies nicknamed Didymain and Didymoon) …

Visible spectroscopy from the Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS): taxonomic dependence on asteroid size

M Devogèle, N Moskovitz, A Thirouin… - The Astronomical …, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract The Mission Accessible Near-Earth Object Survey (MANOS) aims to observe and
characterize small (mean absolute magnitude H∼ 25 mag) Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) that …

Small solar system bodies as granular media

D Hestroffer, P Sánchez, L Staron, AC Bagatin… - The Astronomy and …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Asteroids and other Small Solar System Bodies (SSSBs) are of high general and
scientific interest in many aspects. The origin, formation, and evolution of our Solar System …

The state-of-the-art of adhesion and locomotion technologies for exploring small celestial bodies

W Zhang, Q Cheng, J Li - Advances in Space Research, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper attempts to present a comprehensive review of adhesion and locomotion
technology for exploring small celestial bodies (SCBs). The long-term landing, adhesion …

After DART: using the first full-scale test of a kinetic impactor to inform a future planetary defense mission

TS Statler, SD Raducan, OS Barnouin… - The planetary …, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) is the first full-scale test of an
asteroid deflection technology. Results from the hypervelocity kinetic impact and Earth …