The Geology of a Small Main-belt S-class Binary Asteroid System: Dinkinesh and Its Contact Binary Satellite Selam as Observed by the Lucy Mission

The Lucy spacecraft flew past the ∼738 m diameter, S-class main-belt asteroid (152830) Dinkinesh on 2023 November 1, revealing a satellite named Selam. We used images acquired during the flyby to evaluate surface features on both Dinkinesh and Selam. We find a shallow crater size–frequency distribut...

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Principais autores:	E. B. Bierhaus, S. Marchi, S. J. Robbins, S. Mottola, W. F. Bottke, K. Noll, J. F. Bell III, J. M. Sunshine, J. Spencer, D. Britt, H. Levison, F. Preusker, C. Howett, M. Hirabayshi
Format:	Artigo
Sprog:	Inglês
Udgivet:	IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Serier:	The Planetary Science Journal
Fag:	Asteroids Planetary geology Craters
Online adgang:	https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ae1968
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