Surface rejuvenation of stony near-Earth asteroids triggered by planetary shadows

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Kohei Kitazato, Sho Sakurai, Ryuki Hyodo & Naru Hirata Nature Geoscience, Published: 15 January 2026 LINK “Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) are small, airless bodies that orbit in near-Earth space. Recent studies suggest that their surface rocks…

Fast boulder fracturing by thermal fatigue detected on stony asteroidsOPEN ACCESS 

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A. Lucchetti, S. Cambioni, R. Nakano, O. S. Barnouin, M. Pajola, L. Penasa, F. Tusberti, K. T. Ramesh, E. Dotto, C. M. Ernst, R. T. Daly, E. Mazzotta Epifani, M. Hirabayashi, L. Parro, G. Poggiali,…

Insight into the Distribution of High-pressure Shock Metamorphism in Rubble-pile AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS 

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Nicole Güldemeister, Juulia-Gabrielle Moreau, Tomas Kohout, Robert Luther and Kai Wünnemann The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 3, Number 8 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) and PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Shock metamorphism in ordinary chondrites allows for…

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