Shape and spin axis determination of the Tianwen-2 target asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewa from lightcurve inversionOPEN ACCESS
Roberto Bonamico, Josef Hanuš, Marco Delbo Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics Letters PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Near-Earth asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewa is an Earth quasi-satellite, temporarily trapped in a 1:1 orbital resonance with our planet….
Shape, regolith size and thickness, SMFe^0 content, and spectral type of Tianwen-2 target asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewaOPEN ACCESS
Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Yongxiong Zhang, Marco Fenucci, Pierre Vernazza, Jin Zhao, Yunbo Niu, Xuejin Lu, Xing Wu, Honglei Lin, Edward Cloutis, Xiaoran Yan, Xiaoping Lu, Xiaobin Wang, Xiaoping Zhang, Yang Li under revision in…
Tianwen-2 target asteroid (469219) Kamo’oalewa probably develops an Itokawa-compositional but ultra-highly space-weathered surfaceOPEN ACCESS
Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Zichen Wei, Mikael Granvik, Xiaoran Yan, Pengyue Wang, Qinwei Zhang, Ronghua Pang, Wen-Han Zhou, Te Jiang, Pierre Vernazza, Takahiro Hiroi, Edward Cloutis, Francesca DeMeo, Pierre Beck, Wing-Huen Ip, Marco Fenucci, Yongxiong…
Composition and Space-weathering Characteristics of the Tianwen-2 Mission’s First Target: Near-Earth Asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewaOPEN ACCESS
Minge Liu, Yazhou Yang, Yang Liu, Jian-Yang Li, Qing Zhang, Jiang Zhang, and Yongliao Zou The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 997, Number 2, Published 29 January 2026 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “The near-Earth asteroid…
(469219) Kamoʻoalewa, A Space Weathering Matured Small NEA: Target of the Tianwen-2 Sample-Return MissionOPEN ACCESS
Yang Li, Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Xiaoran Yan, Mikael Granvik, Yongxiong Zhang, Yunbo Niu, and 39 more authors Nature PREPRINT under review, Version 1, posted 29 May, 2024 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Understanding the…
