Effects of YORP-Induced Rotational Fission on the Asteroid Size Distribution at the Small Size End

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Mar 2012

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2012lpi....43.2095r&link_type=abstract

43rd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 19–23, 2012 at The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1659, id.2095

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The asteroid belt size distribution was shaped by collisions grinding
the population into smaller bodies via cratering or fragmentation. At
the small size end YORP may contribute by accelerating the spin of the
bodies beyond the disruption limit.

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