Simulating the (99942) Apophis Earth Flyby Using a Contact Binary Model

This paper investigates the mass shifts of asteroid (99942) Apophis during its 2029 close encounter with Earth, using the contact dynamics method, a type of discrete element method. Unlike previous analyses, we model the asteroid as a contact binary body with the addition of granules between the bod...

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Main Authors: Hai-Shuo Wang, Paul Sánchez, D.J. Scheeres
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2025-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/adf73f
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