Atmospheric entry and fragmentation of small asteroid 2024 BX1: Bolide trajectory, orbit, dynamics, light curve, and spectrumOPEN ACCESS
P. Spurny, J. Borovicka, L. Shrbeny, M. Hankey, R. Neubert A&A article proposed for acceptance (Version 2, corrected by authors, 23 May 2024) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Asteroid 2024 BX1 was the eighth asteroid discovered shortly…
Cold Compaction and Macro-Porosity Removal in Rubble-Pile Asteroids: 1. Theory
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici, Linda Elkins-Tanton JGR Planets LINK “Key Points Models are developed for cold compaction of rubble piles of different materials Silicate and chondritic assemblages may be substantially compacted through boulder fracturing at…
Interstellar Meteors are Outliers in Material StrengthOPEN ACCESS
Amir Siraj, Abraham Loeb submitted for publication in ApJL PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (16 December 2022): LINK (OPEN ACCESS), PDF (OPEN ACCESS)The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 941, Number 2 “The first interstellar meteor larger than…
High precision meteor observations with the Canadian Automated Meteor Observatory — Data reduction pipeline and application to meteoroid mechanical strength measurementsOPEN ACCESS
Denis Vida, Peter G. Brown, Margaret Campbell-Brown, Robert J. Weryk, Gunter Stober, John P. McCormack Accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Update (10 September 2020): LINK “The mirror tracking system of the Canadian…
Laboratory examination of the physical properties of ordinary chondrites
D. Ostrowski, K. Bryson Meteoritics & Planetary ScienceVersion of Record online: 04 September 2020 LINK “Meteorites provide vast amounts of information on the makeup and history of the solar system. The physical properties help to…
Meteoroid Structure and FragmentationOPEN ACCESS
Margaret D. Campbell-Brown PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Preprint submitted to Planetary and Space Science “The physical composition and structure of meteoroids gives us insight into the formation processes of their parent asteroids and comets. The strength…
Orbital and Physical Characteristics of Meter-scale Impactors from Airburst Observations
P. Brown, P. Wiegert, D. Clark, E. Tagliaferri Accepted to Icarus – Nov 23, 2015 PDF (full text) LINK “We have analysed the orbits and ablation characteristics in the atmosphere of 59 earth-impacting fireballs, produced…
