| タイトル | Origins for the near-earth asteroids |
| 著者（英） | Binzel, Richard P.; Bowell, Edward; Xu, Shui; Bus, Schelte J. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Headquarters |
| 発行日 | 1992-08-07 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Because of their short dynamical lifetimes, the population of near-earth asteroids (NEAs) must be resupplied. Two sources have been hypothesized: main-belt asteroids and extinct comet nuclei. A new survey of physical properties for less than 5 kilometers diameter main-belt asteroids reveals that their spin rate and shape distributions are similar to those of NEAs, as is fully consistent with a main-belt origin for most NEAs. Physical data on comet nuclei are limited. If the existing sample is representative of the comet population, analysis of the asteroid and comet samples constrains the fraction of comet nuclei to between 0 and 40 percent of the total NEA population. |
| NASA分類 | LUNAR AND PLANETARY EXPLORATION |
| レポートNO | 92A53085 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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