Introduction to Asteroids: The Next Frontier |
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 1 |
Chapter 2 ORIGINS | 15 |
Chapter 4 NAMES AND NUMBERS | 27 |
Copyright | |
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16 Psyche 44 Nysa albedo Amor amplitude Apollo Apollo asteroid Apollo-Amor aster asteroid belt asteroid survey astronomers axis binary C-type asteroids celestial Ceres chondrites CMEU collision collisional cometary crater curve discovered discovery distance distribution Earth Earth-crossers eccentricity ecliptic ellipsoid Eos family Eros extinction families fragments G Per TYPE Gehrels gravitational Hektor Herculina impact infrared iridium Jupiter Kirkwood gaps known libration lightcurve magnitude main-belt Mars mass metal meteorites meter method microns million minor planets mission Moon number of asteroids Nysa objects Observatory observed occultation oids orbital elements Pallas parent bodies perihelion perturbations phase angle Photo photographic photometry Planetary Science plot PV D H radar regolith resonance rotational period S-type satellites semi-major shape solar system space spacecraft Spacewatch spectral stars surface Table Tedesco telescope teroids Tholen tion Tom Gehrels Toro Trojans University of Arizona velocity Venus Vesta Zappala