Asteroid Family Physical Properties
Earth and Planetary Astrophysics
2016-08-31 v1
Abstract
An asteroid family is typically formed when a larger parent body undergoes a catastrophic collisional disruption, and as such family members are expected to show physical properties that closely trace the composition and mineralogical evolution of the parent. Recently a number of new datasets have been released that probe the physical properties of a large number of asteroids, many of which are members of identified families. We review these data sets and the composite properties of asteroid families derived from this plethora of new data. We also discuss the limitations of the current data, and the open questions in the field.
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@article{arxiv.1502.00961,
title = {Asteroid Family Physical Properties},
author = {Joseph Masiero and Francesca DeMeo and Toshihiro Kasuga and Alex H. Parker},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1502.00961},
year = {2016}
}
Comments
Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV