Asteroid (101955) Bennu's weak boulders and thermally anomalous equator.

Authors :: Rozitis, B.
Ryan, A. J.
Emery, J. P.
Christensen, P. R.
Hamilton, V. E.
Simon, A. A.
Reuter, D. C.
Asad, M. Al
Ballouz, R.-L.
Bandfield, J. L.
Barnouin, O. S.
Bennett, C. A.
Bernacki, M.
Burke, K. N.
Cambioni, S.
Clark, B. E.
Daly, M. G.
Delbo, M.
DellaGiustina, D. N.
Elder, C. M.
Source :: Science Advances. 10/7/2020, Vol. 6 Issue 41, p1-18. 18p.
Publication Year :: 2020
Abstract: The article discusses thermal inertia and surface roughness have proxies for the physical characteristics of planetary surfaces. Topics include temperature changes in response to time-varying illumination conditions have used to determine the physical properties of the surfaces of planetary bodies; and a tentative correlation between albedo and thermal inertia of C-complex NEAs has due to relative abundances of boulder types.