Binary asteroid population. 2. Anisotropic distribution of orbit poles of small, inner main-belt binaries

Article ID	Journal	Published Year	Pages	File Type
10701529	Icarus	2012	19 Pages	PDF

Abstract

âº Parameters of 18 binary inner main-belt asteroids estimated/constrained. âº Orbit poles of small binary asteroids concentrate at high ecliptic latitudes. âº The YORP tilt of spins of binary parent bodies or primaries proposed as the cause.

Keywords

Asteroids Asteroids, Dynamics Photometry Satellites of asteroids

Related Topics

Physical Sciences and Engineering Earth and Planetary Sciences Space and Planetary Science

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Binary asteroid population. 2. Anisotropic distribution of orbit poles of small, inner main-belt binaries

Authors

P. Pravec, P. Scheirich, D. VokrouhlickÃ½, A.W. Harris, P. KuÅ¡nirák, K. Hornoch, D.P. Pray, D. Higgins, A. Galád, J. Világi, Å . GajdoÅ¡, L. KornoÅ¡, J. Oey, M. Husárik, W.R. Cooney, J. Gross, D. Terrell, R. Durkee, F. Marchis,