This study investigates the robustness of orbital motion in the vicinity of the asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa (2016 HO 3) considering the uncertainties of its mass and the solar radiation …
X Li, DJ Scheeres, D Qiao, Z Liu - Astrodynamics, 2023 - Springer
Asteroid 469219 Kamo'oalewa, also named 2016 HO3, is a small-size fast-rotating near- Earth asteroid, which is a potential target for future explorations. Owing to its weak gravity …
Asteroid 2016 HO3 is the first of the two small bodies in the Solar System targeted by the Chinese Small Body Exploration Mission scheduled to be launched in the next few years. In …
L Liu, J Yan, M Ye, L Yu, Y Chen, D Qiu… - Astronomy & …, 2022 - aanda.org
Context. The Yarkovsky effect is a weak non-gravitational force but may significantly affect sub-kilometre-sized near-Earth asteroids. Yarkovsky-related drift may be detected, in …
X Li, DJ Scheeres - The Planetary Science Journal, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
In this paper, the structural stability of a fast-spinning small body is investigated. In particular, a nonlinear yield condition in tensile stress is applied to estimate the required cohesion in a …