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 Rosetta mission orbiter science overview: the comet phase

MGGT Taylor, N Altobelli… - … Transactions of the …, 2017 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The international Rosetta mission was launched in 2004 and consists of the orbiter
spacecraft Rosetta and the lander Philae. The aim of the mission is to map the comet …

Radar observations and a physical model of binary near-Earth asteroid 65803 Didymos, target of the DART mission

SP Naidu, LAM Benner, M Brozovic, MC Nolan… - Icarus, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Near-Earth asteroid Didymos is a binary system and the target of the proposed
Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission (Cheng et al., 2016), which is a planetary …

The solar nebula origin of (486958) Arrokoth, a primordial contact binary in the Kuiper Belt

WB McKinnon, DC Richardson, JC Marohnic, JT Keane… - Science, 2020 - science.org
INTRODUCTION The close flyby of the Kuiper Belt object (486958) Arrokoth (formerly 2014
MU69) by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft revealed details of the body's structure, geology …

Evidence for the formation of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko through gravitational collapse of a bound clump of pebbles

J Blum, B Gundlach, M Krause, M Fulle… - Monthly Notices of …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
The processes that led to the formation of the planetary bodies in the Solar system are still
not fully understood. Using the results obtained with the comprehensive suite of instruments …

The thermal, mechanical, structural, and dielectric properties of cometary nuclei after Rosetta

O Groussin, N Attree, Y Brouet, V Ciarletti… - Space Science …, 2019 - Springer
The physical properties of cometary nuclei observed today relate to their complex history
and help to constrain their formation and evolution. In this article, we review some of the …

The dynamical origins of the dark comets and a proposed evolutionary track

AG Taylor, JK Steckloff, DZ Seligman, D Farnocchia… - Icarus, 2024 - Elsevier
So-called 'dark comets' are small, morphologically inactive near-Earth objects (NEOs) that
exhibit nongravitational accelerations inconsistent with radiative effects. These objects …

APO time-resolved color photometry of highly elongated interstellar object 1I/'Oumuamua

BT Bolin, HA Weaver, YR Fernandez… - The Astrophysical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
APO Time-resolved Color Photometry of Highly Elongated Interstellar Object 1I/'Oumuamua -
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Shapes, structures, and evolution of small bodies

Y Zhang, P Michel - Astrodynamics, 2021 - Springer
Small bodies are among the best tracers of our Solar System's history. A large number of
space missions to small bodies (past and future) offer a unique opportunity to use these …

Catastrophic disruptions as the origin of bilobate comets

SR Schwartz, P Michel, M Jutzi, S Marchi, Y Zhang… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
Several comets observed at close range have bilobate shapes, including comet
67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko (67P/C–G), which was imaged by the European Space …