Induced fragmentation of asteroids during close encounters

Tester, Bryan and Vasile, Massimiliano; Majji, Manoranjan and Turner, James D. and Wawrzyniak, Geoff G. and Cerven, William Todd, eds. (2015) Induced fragmentation of asteroids during close encounters. In: Astrodynamics 2015. Advances in Astrnautical Sciences . American Astronautical Society, USA, pp. 3687-3700. ISBN 9780877036296

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Abstract

We consider the behaviour of rotating binary asteroids as they pass through Earth's Hill sphere, with primary interest in the effect the tidal force on the interaction between the two components of the binary and their post-encounter trajectories. We focus on contact binary asteroids bound by a regolith bridge, using both direct numerical simulation and analytical approaches to investigate the sensitivity of the system to different parameters. We find that the system is most sensitive to the angle between the binary pair and the orbital path, having a significant impact upon the energy change during a fragmentation event. We also give the results of some basic simulations of a deflection attempt on such an object.

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Tester, Bryan ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2092-7810 and Vasile, Massimiliano ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8302-6465; Majji, Manoranjan, Turner, James D., Wawrzyniak, Geoff G. and Cerven, William Todd
  • Item type:Book Section
    ID code:60563
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    13 August 2015
    Published
    9 May 2015
    Accepted
    Notes:This paper was originally presented at the AAS/AIAA Astrodynamics Specialist Conference held August 9-13, 2015, Vail, Colorado, U.S.A., and was originally published in the American Astronautical Society (AAS) publication Astrodynamics 2015, edited by Manoranjan Majji, James D. Turner, Geoff G. Wawrzyniak and William Todd Cerven, American Astronautical Society (AAS) Advances in the Astronautical Sciences, Volume 156, 2016, pp. 4205-4220 (Copyright © 2016 by American Astronautical Society Publications Office, P.O. Box 28130, San Diego, CA 92198, U.S.A.; Web Site: http://www.univelt.com
    Subjects:Technology > Motor vehicles. Aeronautics. Astronautics
    Department:Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:28 Apr 2017 14:38
    Last modified:11 Nov 2024 15:08
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    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/60563
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