Determining the Pyroxene Mineralogies of VestoidsOPEN ACCESS
T. H. Burbine, P. C, Buchanan, M. J. Jercinovic and R. C. Greenwood The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 4, Number 5 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Bulk pyroxene compositions were calculated for a number of…
Rubble pile asteroids are forever
Fred Jourdan, Nicholas E. Timms, Tomoki Nakamura, William D. A. Rickard, Celia Mayers, Steven M. Reddy, David Saxey, Luke Daly, Phil A. Bland, Ela Eroglu, and Denis Fougerouse PNASJanuary 23, 2023120 (5) e22143531 LINK “Rubble…
The Winchcombe meteorite—A regolith breccia from a rubble pile CM chondrite asteroidOPEN ACCESS
M. D. Suttle, L. Daly, R. H. Jones, L. Jenkins, M. Van Ginneken, J. T. Mitchell, J. C. Bridges, L. J. Hicks, D. Johnson, G. Rollinson, R. Taylor, M. J. Genge, C. Schröder, P. Trimby, H. Mansour, S. Piazolo, E. Bonsall, T. Salge, R. Heard, R. Findlay, A. J. King, H. C. Bates, M. R. Lee, N. R….
AFM Force Measurements to Explore Grain Contacts with Relevance for Planetary MaterialsOPEN ACCESS
Keanna Jardine, Adrienne Dove and Laurene Tetard The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 12Published: 15 December 2022 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Most small asteroids are defined as “rubble piles” or bodies with zero…
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…
Cold Compaction and Macro-Porosity Removal in Rubble-Pile Asteroids: 2. Applications
Zhongtian Zhang, David Bercovici, Linda Elkins-Tanton JGR PlanetsFirst published: 07 October 2022 LINK “Key Points We model cold compaction in stony and metallic rubble piles, under the assumption of initially narrow boulder size distributions Stony…
