Collisions are one of the key processes shaping planetary systems. Asteroid families are
outcomes of such collision still identifiable across our solar system. The families provide a …

Asteroids formed in a dynamically quiescent disk but their orbits became gravitationally
stirred enough by Jupiter to lead to high-speed collisions. As a result, many dozen large …

Context. Apart from a few targets that were directly imaged by spacecraft, remote sensing
techniques are the main source of information about the basic physical properties of …

The Yarkovsky effect describes a small but significant force that affects the orbital motion of
meteoroids and asteroids smaller than $30-40$ kilometers in diameter. It is caused by …

Abstract Asteroid (101955) Bennu, the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission,
is a D≈ 0.5 km diameter low albedo near-Earth object. It has a spectral signature consistent …

We studied the membership, size ratio and rotational properties of 13 asteroid clusters
consisting of between 3 and 19 known members that are on similar heliocentric orbits. By …

The proper elements of asteroids are obtained from the instantaneous orbital elements by
removing periodic oscillations produced by gravitational interactions with planets. They are …

Context. The current number of~ 500 asteroid models derived from the disk-integrated
photometry by the lightcurve inversion method allows us to study the spin-vector properties …

Processes such as the solar wind sputtering and micrometeorite impacts can modify optical
properties of surfaces of airless bodies. This explains why spectra of the main belt asteroids …

Context. Asteroid families are the outcomes of disruption or cratering events on a size and
energy scales that are not reproducible in laboratory experiments. Overall structure, as well …