1. The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations
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Hergenrother, CW, Maleszewski, CK, Nolan, MC, Li, J-Y, d'Aubigny, CYD, Shelly, FC, Howell, ES, Kareta, TR, Izawa, MRM, Barucci, MA, Bierhaus, EB, Campins, H, Chesley, SR, Clark, BE, Christensen, EJ, DellaGiustina, DN, Fornasier, S, Golish, DR, Hartzell, CM, Rizk, B, Scheeres, DJ, Smith, PH, Zou, X-D, Lauretta, DS, Highsmith, DE, Small, J, Vokrouhlicky, D, Bowles, NE, Brown, E, Hanna, KLD, Warren, T, Brunet, C, Chicoine, RA, Desjardins, S, Gaudreau, D, Haltigin, T, Millington-Veloza, S, Rubi, A, Aponte, J, Gorius, N, Lunsford, A, Allen, B, Grindlay, J, Guevel, D, Hoak, D, Hong, J, Schrader, DL, Bayron, J, Golubov, O, Sanchez, P, Stromberg, J, Hirabayashi, M, Oliver, S, Rascon, M, Harch, A, Joseph, J, Squyres, S, Richardson, D, Emery, JP, McGraw, L, Ghent, R, Binzel, RP, Al Asad, MM, Johnson, CL, Philpott, L, Susorney, HCM, Cloutis, EA, Hanna, RD, Connolly, HC, Ciceri, F, Hildebrand, AR, Ibrahim, E-M, Breitenfeld, L, Glotch, T, Rogers, AD, Ferrone, S, Thomas, CA, Fernandez, Y, Chang, W, Cheuvront, A, Trang, D, Tachibana, S, Yurimoto, H, Brucato, JR, Poggiali, G, Pajola, M, Dotto, E, Epifani, EM, Crombie, MK, Lantz, C, de Leon, J, Licandro, J, Rizos Garcia, JL, Clemett, S, Thomas-Keprta, K, Van Wal, S, Yoshikawa, M, Bellerose, J, Bhaskaran, S, Boyles, C, Elder, CM, Farnocchia, D, Harbison, A, Kennedy, B, Knight, A, Martinez-Vlasoff, N, Mastrodemos, N, McElrath, T, Owen, W, Park, R, Rush, B, Swanson, L, Takahashi, Y, Velez, D, Yetter, K, Thayer, C, Adam, C, Antreasian, P, Bauman, J, Bryan, C, Carcich, B, Corvin, M, Geeraert, J, Hoffman, J, Leonard, JM, Lessac-Chenen, E, Levine, A, McAdams, J, McCarthy, L, Nelson, D, Page, B, Pelgrift, J, Sahr, E, Stakkestad, K, Stanbridge, D, Wibben, D, Williams, B, Williams, K, Wolff, P, Hayne, P, Kubitschek, D, Deshapriya, JDP, Fulchignoni, M, Hasselmann, P, Merlin, F, Praet, A, Billett, O, Boggs, A, Buck, B, Carlson-Kelly, S, Cerna, J, Chaffin, K, Church, E, Coltrin, M, Daly, J, Deguzman, A, Dubisher, R, Eckart, D, Ellis, D, Falkenstern, P, Fisher, A, Fisher, ME, Fleming, P, Fortney, K, Francis, S, Freund, S, Gonzales, S, Haas, P, Hasten, A, Hauf, D, Hilbert, A, Howell, D, Jaen, F, Jayakody, N, Jenkins, M, Johnson, K, Lefevre, M, Ma, H, Mario, C, Martin, K, May, C, McGee, M, Miller, B, Miller, C, Miller, G, Mirfakhrai, A, Muhle, E, Norman, C, Olds, R, Parish, C, Ryle, M, Schmitzer, M, Sherman, P, Skeen, M, Susak, M, Sutter, B, Tran, Q, Welch, C, Witherspoon, R, Wood, J, Zareski, J, Arvizu-Jakubicki, M, Asphaug, E, Audi, E, Ballouz, R-L, Bandrowski, R, Becker, KJ, Becker, TL, Bendall, S, Bennett, CA, Bloomenthal, H, Blum, D, Boynton, W, Brodbeck, J, Burke, KN, Chojnacki, M, Colpo, A, Contreras, J, Cutts, J, Dean, D, Diallo, B, Drinnon, D, Drozd, K, Enos, HL, Enos, R, Fellows, C, Ferro, T, Fisher, MR, Fitzgibbon, G, Fitzgibbon, M, Forelli, J, Forrester, T, Galinsky, I, Garcia, R, Gardner, A, Habib, N, Hamara, D, Hammond, D, Hanley, K, Harshman, K, Herzog, K, Hill, D, Hoekenga, C, Hooven, S, Huettner, E, Janakus, A, Jones, J, Kidd, J, Kingsbury, K, Balram-Knutson, SS, Koelbel, L, Kreiner, J, Lambert, D, Lewin, C, Lovelace, B, Loveridge, M, Lujan, M, Malhotra, R, Marchese, K, McDonough, E, Mogk, N, Morrison, V, Morton, E, Munoz, R, Nelson, J, Padilla, J, Pennington, R, Polit, A, Ramos, N, Reddy, V, Riehl, M, Roper, HL, Salazar, S, Schwartz, SR, Selznick, S, Shultz, N, Stewart, S, Sutton, S, Swindle, T, Tang, YH, Westermann, M, Wolner, CW, Worden, D, Zega, T, Zeszut, Z, Bjurstrom, A, Bloomquist, L, Dickinson, C, Keates, E, Liang, J, Nifo, V, Taylor, A, Teti, F, Caplinger, M, Bowles, H, Carter, S, Dickenshied, S, Doerres, D, Fisher, T, Hagee, W, Hill, J, Miner, M, Noss, D, Piacentine, N, Smith, M, Toland, A, Wren, P, Bernacki, M, Munoz, DP, Watanabe, S, Sandford, SA, Aqueche, A, Ashman, B, Barker, M, Bartels, A, Berry, K, Bos, B, Burns, R, Calloway, A, Carpenter, R, Castro, N, Cosentino, R, Donaldson, J, Dworkin, JP, Cook, JE, Emr, C, Everett, D, Fennell, D, Fleshman, K, Folta, D, Gallagher, D, Garvin, J, Getzandanner, K, Glavin, D, Hull, S, Hyde, K, Ido, H, Ingegneri, A, Jones, N, Kaotira, P, Lim, LF, Liounis, A, Lorentson, C, Lorenz, D, Lyzhoft, J, Mazarico, EM, Mink, R, Moore, W, Moreau, M, Mullen, S, Nagy, J, Neumann, G, Nuth, J, Poland, D, Reuter, DC, Rhoads, L, Rieger, S, Rowlands, D, Sallitt, D, Scroggins, A, Shaw, G, Simon, AA, Swenson, J, Vasudeva, P, Wasser, M, Zellar, R, Grossman, J, Johnston, G, Morris, M, Wendel, J, Burton, A, Keller, LP, McNamara, L, Messenger, S, Nakamura-Messenger, K, Nguyen, A, Righter, K, Queen, E, Bellamy, K, Dill, K, Gardner, S, Giuntini, M, Key, B, Kissell, J, Patterson, D, Vaughan, D, Wright, B, Gaskell, RW, Le Corre, L, Molaro, JL, Palmer, EE, Siegler, MA, Tricarico, P, Weirich, JR, Ireland, T, Tait, K, Bland, P, Anwar, S, Bojorquez-Murphy, N, Christensen, PR, Haberle, CW, Mehall, G, Rios, K, Franchi, I, Rozitis, B, Beddingfield, CB, Marshall, J, Brack, DN, French, AS, McMahon, JW, Jawin, ER, McCoy, TJ, Russell, S, Killgore, M, Bottke, WF, Hamilton, VE, Kaplan, HH, Walsh, KJ, Bandfield, JL, Clark, BC, Chodas, M, Lambert, M, Masterson, RA, Daly, MG, Freemantle, J, Seabrook, JA, Barnouin, OS, Craft, K, Daly, RT, Ernst, C, Espiritu, RC, Holdridge, M, Jones, M, Nair, AH, Nguyen, L, Peachey, J, Perry, ME, Plescia, J, Roberts, JH, Steele, R, Turner, R, Backer, J, Edmundson, K, Mapel, J, Milazzo, M, Sides, S, Manzoni, C, May, B, Delbo, M, Libourel, G, Michel, P, Ryan, A, Thuillet, F, Marty, B, Hergenrother, CW, Maleszewski, CK, Nolan, MC, Li, J-Y, d'Aubigny, CYD, Shelly, FC, Howell, ES, Kareta, TR, Izawa, MRM, Barucci, MA, Bierhaus, EB, Campins, H, Chesley, SR, Clark, BE, Christensen, EJ, DellaGiustina, DN, Fornasier, S, Golish, DR, Hartzell, CM, Rizk, B, Scheeres, DJ, Smith, PH, Zou, X-D, Lauretta, DS, Highsmith, DE, Small, J, Vokrouhlicky, D, Bowles, NE, Brown, E, Hanna, KLD, Warren, T, Brunet, C, Chicoine, RA, Desjardins, S, Gaudreau, D, Haltigin, T, Millington-Veloza, S, Rubi, A, Aponte, J, Gorius, N, Lunsford, A, Allen, B, Grindlay, J, Guevel, D, Hoak, D, Hong, J, Schrader, DL, Bayron, J, Golubov, O, Sanchez, P, Stromberg, J, Hirabayashi, M, Oliver, S, Rascon, M, Harch, A, Joseph, J, Squyres, S, Richardson, D, Emery, JP, McGraw, L, Ghent, R, Binzel, RP, Al Asad, MM, Johnson, CL, Philpott, L, Susorney, HCM, Cloutis, EA, Hanna, RD, Connolly, HC, Ciceri, F, Hildebrand, AR, Ibrahim, E-M, Breitenfeld, L, Glotch, T, Rogers, AD, Ferrone, S, Thomas, CA, Fernandez, Y, Chang, W, Cheuvront, A, Trang, D, Tachibana, S, Yurimoto, H, Brucato, JR, Poggiali, G, Pajola, M, Dotto, E, Epifani, EM, Crombie, MK, Lantz, C, de Leon, J, Licandro, J, Rizos Garcia, JL, Clemett, S, Thomas-Keprta, K, Van Wal, S, Yoshikawa, M, Bellerose, J, Bhaskaran, S, Boyles, C, Elder, CM, Farnocchia, D, Harbison, A, Kennedy, B, Knight, A, Martinez-Vlasoff, N, Mastrodemos, N, McElrath, T, Owen, W, Park, R, Rush, B, Swanson, L, Takahashi, Y, Velez, D, Yetter, K, Thayer, C, Adam, C, Antreasian, P, Bauman, J, Bryan, C, Carcich, B, Corvin, M, Geeraert, J, Hoffman, J, Leonard, JM, Lessac-Chenen, E, Levine, A, McAdams, J, McCarthy, L, Nelson, D, Page, B, Pelgrift, J, Sahr, E, Stakkestad, K, Stanbridge, D, Wibben, D, Williams, B, Williams, K, Wolff, P, Hayne, P, Kubitschek, D, Deshapriya, JDP, Fulchignoni, M, Hasselmann, P, Merlin, F, Praet, A, Billett, O, Boggs, A, Buck, B, Carlson-Kelly, S, Cerna, J, Chaffin, K, Church, E, Coltrin, M, Daly, J, Deguzman, A, Dubisher, R, Eckart, D, Ellis, D, Falkenstern, P, Fisher, A, Fisher, ME, Fleming, P, Fortney, K, Francis, S, Freund, S, Gonzales, S, Haas, P, Hasten, A, Hauf, D, Hilbert, A, Howell, D, Jaen, F, Jayakody, N, Jenkins, M, Johnson, K, Lefevre, M, Ma, H, Mario, C, Martin, K, May, C, McGee, M, Miller, B, Miller, C, Miller, G, Mirfakhrai, A, Muhle, E, Norman, C, Olds, R, Parish, C, Ryle, M, Schmitzer, M, Sherman, P, Skeen, M, Susak, M, Sutter, B, Tran, Q, Welch, C, Witherspoon, R, Wood, J, Zareski, J, Arvizu-Jakubicki, M, Asphaug, E, Audi, E, Ballouz, R-L, Bandrowski, R, Becker, KJ, Becker, TL, Bendall, S, Bennett, CA, Bloomenthal, H, Blum, D, Boynton, W, Brodbeck, J, Burke, KN, Chojnacki, M, Colpo, A, Contreras, J, Cutts, J, Dean, D, Diallo, B, Drinnon, D, Drozd, K, Enos, HL, Enos, R, Fellows, C, Ferro, T, Fisher, MR, Fitzgibbon, G, Fitzgibbon, M, Forelli, J, Forrester, T, Galinsky, I, Garcia, R, Gardner, A, Habib, N, Hamara, D, Hammond, D, Hanley, K, Harshman, K, Herzog, K, Hill, D, Hoekenga, C, Hooven, S, Huettner, E, Janakus, A, Jones, J, Kidd, J, Kingsbury, K, Balram-Knutson, SS, Koelbel, L, Kreiner, J, Lambert, D, Lewin, C, Lovelace, B, Loveridge, M, Lujan, M, Malhotra, R, Marchese, K, McDonough, E, Mogk, N, Morrison, V, Morton, E, Munoz, R, Nelson, J, Padilla, J, Pennington, R, Polit, A, Ramos, N, Reddy, V, Riehl, M, Roper, HL, Salazar, S, Schwartz, SR, Selznick, S, Shultz, N, Stewart, S, Sutton, S, Swindle, T, Tang, YH, Westermann, M, Wolner, CW, Worden, D, Zega, T, Zeszut, Z, Bjurstrom, A, Bloomquist, L, Dickinson, C, Keates, E, Liang, J, Nifo, V, Taylor, A, Teti, F, Caplinger, M, Bowles, H, Carter, S, Dickenshied, S, Doerres, D, Fisher, T, Hagee, W, Hill, J, Miner, M, Noss, D, Piacentine, N, Smith, M, Toland, A, Wren, P, Bernacki, M, Munoz, DP, Watanabe, S, Sandford, SA, Aqueche, A, Ashman, B, Barker, M, Bartels, A, Berry, K, Bos, B, Burns, R, Calloway, A, Carpenter, R, Castro, N, Cosentino, R, Donaldson, J, Dworkin, JP, Cook, JE, Emr, C, Everett, D, Fennell, D, Fleshman, K, Folta, D, Gallagher, D, Garvin, J, Getzandanner, K, Glavin, D, Hull, S, Hyde, K, Ido, H, Ingegneri, A, Jones, N, Kaotira, P, Lim, LF, Liounis, A, Lorentson, C, Lorenz, D, Lyzhoft, J, Mazarico, EM, Mink, R, Moore, W, Moreau, M, Mullen, S, Nagy, J, Neumann, G, Nuth, J, Poland, D, Reuter, DC, Rhoads, L, Rieger, S, Rowlands, D, Sallitt, D, Scroggins, A, Shaw, G, Simon, AA, Swenson, J, Vasudeva, P, Wasser, M, Zellar, R, Grossman, J, Johnston, G, Morris, M, Wendel, J, Burton, A, Keller, LP, McNamara, L, Messenger, S, Nakamura-Messenger, K, Nguyen, A, Righter, K, Queen, E, Bellamy, K, Dill, K, Gardner, S, Giuntini, M, Key, B, Kissell, J, Patterson, D, Vaughan, D, Wright, B, Gaskell, RW, Le Corre, L, Molaro, JL, Palmer, EE, Siegler, MA, Tricarico, P, Weirich, JR, Ireland, T, Tait, K, Bland, P, Anwar, S, Bojorquez-Murphy, N, Christensen, PR, Haberle, CW, Mehall, G, Rios, K, Franchi, I, Rozitis, B, Beddingfield, CB, Marshall, J, Brack, DN, French, AS, McMahon, JW, Jawin, ER, McCoy, TJ, Russell, S, Killgore, M, Bottke, WF, Hamilton, VE, Kaplan, HH, Walsh, KJ, Bandfield, JL, Clark, BC, Chodas, M, Lambert, M, Masterson, RA, Daly, MG, Freemantle, J, Seabrook, JA, Barnouin, OS, Craft, K, Daly, RT, Ernst, C, Espiritu, RC, Holdridge, M, Jones, M, Nair, AH, Nguyen, L, Peachey, J, Perry, ME, Plescia, J, Roberts, JH, Steele, R, Turner, R, Backer, J, Edmundson, K, Mapel, J, Milazzo, M, Sides, S, Manzoni, C, May, B, Delbo, M, Libourel, G, Michel, P, Ryan, A, Thuillet, F, and Marty, B
- Abstract
During its approach to asteroid (101955) Bennu, NASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft surveyed Bennu's immediate environment, photometric properties, and rotation state. Discovery of a dusty environment, a natural satellite, or unexpected asteroid characteristics would have had consequences for the mission's safety and observation strategy. Here we show that spacecraft observations during this period were highly sensitive to satellites (sub-meter scale) but reveal none, although later navigational images indicate that further investigation is needed. We constrain average dust production in September 2018 from Bennu's surface to an upper limit of 150 g s-1 averaged over 34 min. Bennu's disk-integrated photometric phase function validates measurements from the pre-encounter astronomical campaign. We demonstrate that Bennu's rotation rate is accelerating continuously at 3.63 ± 0.52 × 10-6 degrees day-2, likely due to the Yarkovsky-O'Keefe-Radzievskii-Paddack (YORP) effect, with evolutionary implications.
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- 2019