Contents
Collaborating Authors
Acknowledgment of Reviewers
Foreword
Preface
Part I: Introduction
An Overview of the Asteroids: The Asteroids III Perspective / W. F. Bottke Jr., A. Cellino, P. Paolicchi, and R. P. Binzel
Giuseppe Piazzi and the Discovery of Ceres / G. Foderà Serio, A. Manara, and P. Sicoli
Part II: Remote Observations
Asteroid Orbit Computation / E. Bowell, J. Virtanen, K. Muinonen, and A. Boattini
Near-Earth Asteroid Search Programs / G. H. Stokes, J. B. Evans, and S. M. Larson
Asteroid Close Approaches: Analysis and Potential Impact Detection / A. Milani, S. R. Chesley, P. W. Chodas, and G. B. Valsecchi
Observational Selection Effects in Asteroid Surveys / R. Jedicke, J. Larsen, and T. Spahr
The Comparison of Size-Frequency Distributions of Impact Craters and Asteroids and the Planetary Cratering Rate / B. A. Ivanov, G. Neukum, W. F. Bottke Jr., and W. K. Hartmann
Asteroid Masses and Densities / J. L. Hilton
Asteroid Rotations / P. Pravec, A. W. Harris, and T. Michałowski
Asteroid Photometric and Polarimetric Phase Effects / K. Muinonen, J. Piironen, Yu. G. Shkuratov, A. Ovcharenko, and B. E. Clark
Asteroid Models from Disk-integrated Data / M. Kaasalainen, S. Mottola, and M. Fulchignoni
Asteroid Radar Astronomy / S. J. Ostro, R. S. Hudson, L. A. M. Benner, J. D. Giorgini, C. Magri, J. L. Margot, and M. C. Nolan
Visible-Wavelength Spectroscopy of Asteroids / S. J. Bus, F. Vilas, and M. A. Barucci
Mineralogy of Asteroids / M. J. Gaffey, E. A. Cloutis, M. S. Kelley, and K. L. Reed
Asteroids in the Thermal Infrared / A. W. Harris and J. S. V. Lagerros
Observations from Orbiting Platforms / E. Dotto, M. A. Barucci, T. G. Müller, A. D. Storrs, and P. Tanga
Hydrated Minerals on Asteroids: The Astronomical Record / A. S. Rivkin, E. S. Howell, F. Vilas, and L. A. Lebofsky
Physical Properties of Near-Earth Objects / R. P. Binzel, D. Lupishko, M. Di Martino, R. J. Whiteley, and G. J. Hahn
Physical Properties of Trojan and Centaur Asteroids / M. A. Barucci, D. P. Cruikshank, S. Mottola, and M. Lazzarin
Asteroids Do Have Satellites / W. J. Merline, S. J. Weidenschilling, D. D. Durda, J. L. Margot, P. Pravec, and A. D. Storrs
Part III: In Situ Exploration
Cratering on Asteroids from Galileo and NEAR Shoemaker / C. R. Chapman
Asteroid Geology from Galileo and NEAR Shoemaker Data / R. J. Sullivan. P. C. Thomas, S. L. Murchie. and M. S. Robinson
Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous: Mission Summary / A. F. Cheng
Spacecraft Exploration of Asteroids: The 2001 Perspective / R. Farquhar, J. Kawaguchi, C. Russell, G. Schwehm, J. Veverka, and D. Yeomans
Part IV: Evolutionary Processes
Regular and Chaotic Dynamics in the Mean-Motion Resonances: Implications for the Structure and Evolution of the Asteroid Belt / D. Nesvorný, S. Ferraz-Mello, M. Holman, and A. Morbidelli
The Effect of Yarkovsky Thermal Forces on the Dynamical Evolution of Asteroids and Meteoroids / W. F. Bottke Jr., D. Vokrouhlický, D. P. Rubincam, and M. Brož
Origin and Evolution of Near-Earth Objects / A. Morbidelli, W. F. Bottke Jr., Ch. Froeschlé, and P. Michel
Asteroidal Dust / S. F. Dermott, D. D. Durda, K. Grogan, and T. J. J. Kehoe
Asteroid Impacts: Laboratory Experiments and Scaling Laws / K. Holsapple, I. Giblin, K. Housen, A. Nakamura. and E. Ryan
Asteroid Interiors / E. Asphaug, E. V. Ryan, and M. T. Zuber
Asteroid Density, Porosity, and Structure / D. T. Britt, D. Yeomans. K. Housen, and G. Consolmagno
Gravitational Aggregates: Evidence and Evolution / D. C. Richardson, Z. M. Leinhardt, H. J. Melosh, W. F. Bottke Jr., and E. Asphaug
Side Effects of Collisions: Spin Rate Changes, Tumbling Rotation States, and Binary Asteroids / P. Paolicchi, J. A. Burns, and S. J. Weidenschilling
The Fate of Asteroid Ejecta / D. J. Scheeres, D. D. Durda, and P. E. Geissler
Collisional Evolution of Small-Body Populations / D. R. Davis, D. D. Durda, F. Marzari, A. Campo Bagatin, and R. Gil-Hutton
Thermal Evolution Models of Asteroids / H. Y. McSween Jr., A. Ghosh, R. E. Grimm, L. Wilson, and E. D. Young
Geological History of Asteroid 4 Vesta: The "Smallest Terrestrial Planet" / K. Keil
Asteroid Space Weathering and Regolith Evolution / B. E. Clark, B. Hapke, C. Pieters, and D. Britt
Part V: History and Interrelations with Other Solar System Bodies
The Determination of Asteroid Proper Elements / Z. Knežević, A. Lemaître, and A. Milani
Asteroid Family Identification / Ph. Bendjoya and V. Zappalà
Physical and Dynamical Properties of Asteroid Families / V. Zappalà, A. Cellino, A. Dell'Oro, and P. Paolicchi
Spectroscopic Properties of Asteroid Families / A. Cellino, S. J. Bus, A. Doressoundiram, and D. Lazzaro
Asteroid Meteoroid Streams / T. J. Jopek, G. B. Valsecchi, and Cl. Froeschlé
Meteoritic Parent Bodies: Their Number and Identification / T. H. Burbine, T. J. McCoy, A. Meibom, B. Gladman, and K. Keil
Evolution of Comets into Asteroids / P. R. Weissman, W. F. Bottke Jr., and H. F. Levison
Chronology of Asteroid Accretion and Differentiation / A. Shukolyukov and G. W. Lugmair
Meteorite Evidence for the Accretion and Collisional Evolution of Asteroids / E. R. D. Scott
Primordial Excitation and Depletion of the Main Belt / J.-M. Petit, J. Chambers, F. Franklin, and M. Nagasawa
Origin and Evolution of Trojan Asteroids / F. Marzari, H. Scholl, C. Murray, and C. Lagerkvist
Dealing with the Impact Hazard / D. Morrison, A. W. Harris, G. Sommer, C. R. Chapman, and A. Carusi
Part VI: Databases
Asteroid Data Archiving in the Planetary Data System / C. L. Neese, E. J. Grayzeck, and M. V. Sykes
Glossary
Color Section
Index