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Reply to: GEMS and the devil in their details

Larry R. Nittler
Rhonda M. Stroud
Safoura Tanbakouei
Research05 Jul 2019
Nature Astronomy

Volume: 3, P: 606
The geology and evolution of the Near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos

Images collected during NASA’s DART mission of the asteroid Didymos and its moon, Dimorphos, are used to explore the origin and evolution of the binary system. Authors analysis indicate that both asteroids are weak rubble piles and that Didymos’ surface should be about 40 to 130 times older than Dimorphos.

Olivier Barnouin
Ronald-Louis Ballouz
Andrew S. Rivkin
ResearchOpen Access30 Jul 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-14
Mechanical properties of rubble pile asteroids (Dimorphos, Itokawa, Ryugu, and Bennu) through surface boulder morphological analysis

Planetary Defense efforts rely on estimates of asteroids’ mechanical properties, which are difficult to obtain accurately from Earth. Here, authors compare images from space missions to the rubble-pile asteroids Dimorphos, Itokawa, Ryugu, and Bennu and study such properties through boulders on their surface.

Colas Q. Robin
Alexia Duchene
Nancy L. Chabot
ResearchOpen Access30 Jul 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1-11
Catastrophic disruption of asteroid 2023 CX1 and implications for planetary defence

2023 CX1 is the only L-chondrite-like asteroid analysed from space to ground. It catastrophically fragmented in the atmosphere, depositing 98% of its energy in one burst—an unusual, high-risk fragmentation mode with implications for planetary defence.

Auriane Egal
Denis Vida
Peter Jenniskens
Research17 Sept 2025
Nature Astronomy

Volume: 9, P: 1624-1637
Author Correction: The geology and evolution of the Near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos

Olivier Barnouin
Ronald-Louis Ballouz
Andrew S. Rivkin
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access15 Nov 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1
Author Correction: Mechanical properties of rubble pile asteroids (Dimorphos, Itokawa, Ryugu, and Bennu) through surface boulder morphological analysis

Colas Q. Robin
Alexia Duchene
Nancy L. Chabot
Amendments and CorrectionsOpen Access12 Dec 2024
Nature Communications

Volume: 15, P: 1
Successful kinetic impact into an asteroid for planetary defence

The impact of the DART spacecraft on the asteroid Dimorphos is reported and reconstructed, demonstrating that kinetic impactor technology is a viable technique to potentially defend Earth from asteroids.

R. Terik Daly
Carolyn M. Ernst
Yun Zhang
ResearchOpen Access01 Mar 2023
Nature

Volume: 616, P: 443-447
Momentum transfer from the DART mission kinetic impact on asteroid Dimorphos

The authors report on a determination of the momentum transferred to an asteroid by kinetic impact, showing that the DART kinetic impact was highly effective in deflecting the asteroid Dimorphos.

Andrew F. Cheng
Harrison F. Agrusa
Giovanni Zanotti
ResearchOpen Access01 Mar 2023
Nature

Volume: 616, P: 457-460
Ejecta from the DART-produced active asteroid Dimorphos

Observations with the Hubble Space Telescope reveal a complex evolution of the ejecta produced by the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft impacting Dimorphos.

Jian-Yang Li
Masatoshi Hirabayashi
Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez
ResearchOpen Access01 Mar 2023
Nature

Volume: 616, P: 452-456
A cometary building block in a primitive asteroidal meteorite

The composition and characteristics of a C-rich clast within the LaPaz Icefield 02342 meteorite suggests that the clast is composed of materials related to comets and icy bodies. The clast probably formed in the outer Solar System, was transported inward and finally accreted into LaPaz’s parent body.

Larry R. Nittler
Rhonda M. Stroud
Safoura Tanbakouei
Research15 Apr 2019
Nature Astronomy

Volume: 3, P: 659-666
The key role of meteorites in the formation of relevant prebiotic molecules in a formamide/water environment

Luca Rotelli
Josep M. Trigo-Rodríguez
Raffaele Saladino
ResearchOpen Access13 Dec 2016
Scientific Reports

Volume: 6, P: 1-7

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