The shape and surface environment of 2016 HO3

X Li, DJ Scheeres - Icarus, 2021 - Elsevier
Asteroid 2016 HO 3 is a fast-rotating Near-Earth asteroid (NEA), and a potential target for
future exploration. Studying the surface of this asteroid and whether it retains any regolith …

Sensitivity analysis of the orbital motion around 469219 Kamo'oalewa (2016 HO3) to uncertainties on asteroid mass and solar radiation pressure

J Feng, X Hou, P Di Lizia, R Armellin… - Advances in Space …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Geophysical and orbital environments of asteroid 469219 2016 HO3

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 …

A simulation of the joint estimation of the GM value and the ephemeris of the asteroid 2016 HO3

J Yan, L Liu, M Ye, W Jin, D Qiu, JP Barriot - icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Yarkovsky effect detection from ground-based astrometric data for near-Earth asteroid (469219) Kamo'oalewa

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 …

Analysis of cohesion in fast-spinning small bodies

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 …