Some active asteroids have been proposed to be formed as a result of impact events.
Because active asteroids are generally discovered by chance only after their tails have fully …

Abstract On 26 September 2022, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission
successfully impacted Dimorphos, the natural satellite of the binary near-Earth asteroid …

Planetary defense efforts rely on estimates of the mechanical properties of asteroids, which
are difficult to constrain accurately from Earth. The mechanical properties of asteroid …

Asteroids smaller than 10 km are thought to be rubble piles formed from the reaccumulation
of fragments produced in the catastrophic disruption of parent bodies. Ground-based …

Spacecraft observations revealed that rocks on carbonaceous asteroids, which constitute
the most numerous class by composition, can develop millimeter-to-meter-scale fractures …

Abstract On 26 September 2022, the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft
struck Dimorphos, a satellite of the asteroid 65803 Didymos. Because it is a binary system, it …

Abstract The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) had an impact with Dimorphos (a
satellite of the asteroid Didymos) on 26 September 2022. Ground-based observations …

Abstract NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission was the first to
demonstrate asteroid deflection, and the mission's Level 1 requirements guided its planetary …

The bearing capacity-the ability of a surface to support applied loads-is an important
parameter for understanding and predicting the response of a surface. Previous work has …

Nowadays, asteroid and comet exploration is one of the most important components of deep
space exploration. Through asteroid and comet exploration missions, it is possible to reveal …