Some Interesting Papers about Binary Asteroids

Reviews:

· Merline, W.J., Weidenschilling, S.J., Durda, D.D., Margot, J.-L., Pravec, P., Storrs, A.D., 2002. Asteroids do have satellites. In: Bottke Jr., W.F., Cellino, A., Paolicchi, P., Binzel, R.P. (Eds.), Asteroids III. Univ. of Arizona Press, Tucson, pp. 289–312.

· Richardson, D.C. and Walsh, K.J., 2006. Binary Minor Planets. Annu. Rev. Earth Planet. Sci. 34:47-81.

Observations:

· Pravec, P., Scheirich, P., Kusnirak, P., Sarounova, L, Mottola, S., et al. 2006. Photometric survey of binary near-Earth asteroids. Icarus 181, 63-93.

· Sheppard, S.S., Jewitt, D. 2004. Extreme Kuiper belt object 2001 QG298 and the fraction of contact binaries. Astron. J. 127, 3023–33

Models:

· Bottke Jr., W.F., Melosh, H.J., 1996. Formation of asteroid satellites and doublet craters by planetary tidal forces. Nature 381, 51–53.

· Margot, J-L., Nolan, M.C., Benner, L.A.M., Ostro, S.J., Jurgens, R.F., et al. 2002. Binary asteroids in the near-Earth object population. Science 296, 1445–48.

· Durda, D.D., Bottke, W.F. Jr, Enke, B.L., Merline, W.J., Asphaug, E., et al. 2004. The formation of asteroid satellites in large impacts: results from numerical simulations. Icarus 167, 382–96.

· Walsh, K.J. and Richardson, D.C., 2006. Binary near-Earth asteroid formation: Rubble pile model for tidal disruptions. Icarus 180, 201–216.