Minor satellites and the Gaspra encounter

Details Minor satellites and the Gaspra encounter Minor satellites and the Gaspra encounter

Dec 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992acm..proc..609v&link_type=abstract

In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 p 609-612 (SEE N93-19113 06-90)

Physics

Asteroids, Galileo Spacecraft, Natural Satellites, Planetary Evolution, Solar System Evolution, Encounters, Occultation, Planetary Nebulae, Radar Echoes

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Observational evidence, especially from occultations and radar, indicate that satellites of minor planets are numerous and commonplace. This leads to the prediction that the Galileo spacecraft will find many such 'minor satellites' at the upcoming close encounter with minor planet 951 Gaspra. If such objects are found, this argues strongly against the current theory of minor planet origin from the primeval solar nebula.

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