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1620 Geographos and 433 Eros: Shaped by Planetary Tides?

  • Authors: W. F. Bottke, Jr., D. C. Richardson, P. Michel, and S. G. Love

Bottke et al. 1999 The Astronomical Journal 117 1921.

  • Provider: AAS Journals

Caption: Fig. 3.

Final spin periods of our model asteroids plotted against the fraction of mass shed in each of the 195 S‐, B‐, and M‐class outcomes. Starting spin periods are P = 4–12 hr and P = ∞ (i.e., no spin). Note that three S‐class and one M‐class events have final spin periods between 10 and 20 hr (i.e., beyond our P = 10 hr plotting limit). Regardless of the starting spin period, most disruptions spin up the model asteroid to P < 6 hr.

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