Effects of YORP-induced rotational fission on the small size end of the Main Belt asteroid size distribution (Abstract/Comunicazione in atti di convegno)

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  • Effects of YORP-induced rotational fission on the small size end of the Main Belt asteroid size distribution (Abstract/Comunicazione in atti di convegno) (literal)
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  • 2013-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 (literal)
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  • Rossi, Alessandro; Jacobson, S.; Marzari, F.; Scheeres, D.; Davis, D. R. (2013)
    Effects of YORP-induced rotational fission on the small size end of the Main Belt asteroid size distribution
    in American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting 45, Denver (CO), USA, 6/10/2013-11/10/2013
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  • Rossi, Alessandro; Jacobson, S.; Marzari, F.; Scheeres, D.; Davis, D. R. (literal)
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  • IFAC-CNR, Sesto Fiorenitno (FI), Italy; Observatoire de la Côte d'Azur, CNRS, NiceFrance; Dipartimento di Fisica e Astronomia, universita' di Padova, Italy; Dept. of Aerospace Engineering Sciences, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, CO, USA; Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA. (literal)
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  • Effects of YORP-induced rotational fission on the small size end of the Main Belt asteroid size distribution (literal)
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  • From the results of a comprehensive asteroid population evolution model, we conclude that the YORP-induced rotational fission hypothesis has strong repercussions for the small size end of the Main Belt asteroid size frequency distribution. These results are consistent with observed asteroid population statistics. The foundation of this model is the asteroid rotation model of Marzari et al. (2011), which incorporates both the YORP effect and collisional evolution. This work adds to that model the rotational fission hypothesis (i.e. when the rotation rate exceeds a critical value, erosion and binary formation occur). The YORP effect timescale for large asteroids with diameters D > ~6 km is longer than the collision timescale in the Main Belt, thus the frequency of large asteroids is determined by a collisional equilibrium (e.g. Bottke 2005), but for small asteroids with diameters D < ~6 km, the asteroid population evolution model confirms that YORP-induced rotational fission destroys small asteroids more frequently than collisions. Therefore, the frequency of these small asteroids is determined by an equilibrium between the creation of new asteroids out of the impact debris of larger asteroids and the destruction of these asteroids by YORP-induced rotational fission. By introducing a new source of destruction that varies strongly with size, YORP-induced rotational fission alters the slope of the size frequency distribution. Using the outputs of the asteroid population evolution model and a 1-D collision evolution model, we can generate this new size frequency distribution and it matches the change in slope observed by the SKADS survey (Gladman 2009). This agreement is achieved with both an accretional power-law or a truncated \"Asteroids were Born Big\" size frequency distribution (Weidenschilling 2010, Morbidelli 2009). (literal)
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