THIROUIN , Audrey

Non-gravitational effects (such as the "YORP" acceleration by thermal emission) may change their angular momentum of asteroids up to a few tens of km to the point to prevent any kind of rotational stability. Once instability is enforced mass loss may happen in more or less abrupt ways and potentially create satellites. We are studying this...

Non-gravitational effects may change the angular momentum of asteroids up to a few tens of km in size to the point that rotational stability is lost at high spin rates. Once instability is initiated, mass loss may happen and potentially create satellites or dynamically detached components (pairs). We have studied this problem by means of...