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Constraining surface properties of asteroid (162173) Ryugu from numerical simulations of Hayabusa2 mission impact experiment

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  • Martin Jutzi

    (Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern)

  • Sabina D. Raducan

    (Space Research and Planetary Sciences, Physikalisches Institut, University of Bern)

  • Yun Zhang

    (Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Maryland
    Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange)

  • Patrick Michel

    (Université Côte d’Azur, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, CNRS, Laboratoire Lagrange)

  • Masahiko Arakawa

    (Graduate School of Science, Kobe University)

Abstract

The Hayabusa2 mission impact experiment on asteroid Ryugu created an unexpectedly large crater. The associated regime of low-gravity, low-strength cratering remained largely unexplored so far, because these impact conditions cannot be re-created in laboratory experiments on Earth. Here we show that the target cohesion may be very low and the impact probably occurred in the transitional cratering regime, between strength and gravity. For such conditions, our numerical simulations are able to reproduce the outcome of the impact on Ryugu, including the effects of boulders originally located near the impact point. Consistent with most recent analysis of Ryugu and Bennu, cratering scaling-laws derived from our results suggest that surfaces of small asteroids must be very young. However, our results also show that the cratering efficiency can be strongly affected by the presence of a very small amount of cohesion. Consequently, the varying ages of different geological surface units on Ryugu may be due to the influence of cohesion.

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  • Martin Jutzi & Sabina D. Raducan & Yun Zhang & Patrick Michel & Masahiko Arakawa, 2022. "Constraining surface properties of asteroid (162173) Ryugu from numerical simulations of Hayabusa2 mission impact experiment," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-34540-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-34540-x
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    1. Olivier Barnouin & Ronald-Louis Ballouz & Simone Marchi & Jean-Baptiste Vincent & Harrison Agrusa & Yun Zhang & Carolyn M. Ernst & Maurizio Pajola & Filippo Tusberti & Alice Lucchetti & R. Terik Daly , 2024. "The geology and evolution of the Near-Earth binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-14, December.
    2. K. J. Walsh & R-L. Ballouz & W. F. Bottke & C. Avdellidou & H. C. Connolly Jr & M. Delbo & D. N. DellaGiustina & E. R. Jawin & T. McCoy & P. Michel & T. Morota & M. C. Nolan & S. R. Schwartz & S. Sugi, 2024. "Numerical simulations suggest asteroids (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu are likely second or later generation rubble piles," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-10, December.

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