A 2 km-size asteroid challenging the rubble-pile spin barrier – A case for cohesion

D. Polishook (1) , N. Moskovitz , R.P. Binzel (2, 3) , B. Burt , F.E. Demeo (4) , M.L. Hinkle , M. Lockhart , M. Mommert (5) , M. Person (6) , A. Thirouin (7) , C.A. Thomas , D. Trilling (8) , M. Willman , O. Aharonson (9)

1 TAU - Raymond and Beverly Sackler Faculty of Exact Sciences [Tel Aviv]
2 EAPS - Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences [MIT, Cambridge]
3 IMCCE - Institut de Mécanique Céleste et de Calcul des Ephémérides
4 CfA - Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
5 DLR Institute of Planetary Research
6 Department of Geological Sciences [Bloomington]
7 IAA - Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía
8 Fundació Privada Observatori Esteve Duran
9 Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences [Pasadena]

Domaines: Physique [physics]; Astrophysique [astro-ph]

D. Polishook, N. Moskovitz, R.P. Binzel, B. Burt, F.E. Demeo, et al.. A 2 km-size asteroid challenging the rubble-pile spin barrier – A case for cohesion. Icarus, 2016, 267, pp.243-254. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2015.12.031⟩. ⟨hal-02319792⟩