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Minor Planet Binaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 March 2016

Jean-Luc Margot*
Affiliation:
California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA

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The first detailed characterization of a near-Earth binary (2000 DP107) provided significant insights into the formation mechanism, orbital evolution, and physical properties of the system. Near-Earth Asteroid (NEA) binaries are tidally evolved with synchronously rotating secondaries, providing constraints on asteroid mechanical properties (tidal Q and rigidity). It is expected that radar observations will permit measurements of orbital precession, with corresponding implications for the distribution of mass within asteroids.

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