Asteroid families, traditionally defined as clusters of objects in orbital parameter space, often
have distinctive optical colors. We show that the separation of family members from …

Comets and asteroids have traditionally been considered two distinct separate populations
of small bodies in the solar system, according to their different dynamical, observational, and …

We derived model functions for the crater production size-frequency distribution and
chronology of the asteroids 951 Gaspra, 243 Ida, 21 Lutetia and 4 Vesta, based on a lunar …

The rubble pile spin barrier is an upper limit on the rotation rate of asteroids larger than∼
200–300 m. Among thousands of asteroids with diameters larger than∼ 300 m, only a …

We present the results of “snapshot” numerical integrations of test particles representing
comet-like and asteroid-like objects in the inner Solar System aimed at investigating the …

The purpose of this paper is to introduce the Geologic Mapping of Vesta Special
Issue/Section of Icarus, which includes several papers containing geologic maps of the …

Context. The mysterious solar system object 133P/(7968) Elst-Pizarro is dynamically
asteroidal, yet displays recurrent comet-like dust emission. Two scenarios were …

Most meteorites are fragments from recent collisions experienced in the asteroid belt. In
such a hypervelocity collision, the smaller collision partner is destroyed, whereas a crater on …

We performed a wide-field survey observation of small asteroids using the Hyper Suprime-
Cam installed on the 8.2 m Subaru Telescope. We detected more than 3000 main-belt …

Aims. We analyze the dynamics of small body reservoirs under the effects of an eccentric
inner giant planet resulting from a planetary scattering event around a 0.5 M⊙ star …