Are Asteroids Rubble Piles?

by

William F. Bottke, Jr

Center for Radiophysics and Space Research
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-6801
Tel: (607) 255-3934
Fax: (607) 255-9002
bottke@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu

Paper for 23rd Meeting of the International Seminars on Planetary Emergencies
Erice, Italy

September 10, 1998

• Introduction
• Evidence for Rubble Pile Asteroids
  • Rotation Periods for Small Asteroids
  • Numerical Simulations of Asteroid Collisions
  • Large Craters on Asteroids
  • Mathilde's Density
  • Tidal Disruption of Asteroids and Comets
• Implications
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