PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND ORIGIN OF BINARY NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID (175706) 1996 FG

The near-Earth asteroid (NEA) (175706) 1996 FG[subscript 3] is a particularly interesting spacecraft target: a binary asteroid with a low-Δv heliocentric orbit. The orbit of its satellite has provided valuable information about its mass density while its albedo and colors suggest it is primitive or...

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Main Authors: Walsh, Kevin J. (Author), Delbo', Marco (Author), Mueller, Michael (Author), Binzel, Richard P. (Contributor), DeMeo, Francesca E. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: Institute of Physics/American Astronomical Society, 2015-02-19T20:09:51Z.
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