Abstracts for fall meeting of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science
Abstracts 2005 Fall Meeting of the Japanese Society for Planetary Science
Session ID : 1102
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Crater size-frequency distribution of Asteroid 25143 ITOKAWA: A pre-HAYABUSA estimation
*Chikatoshi HondaRyosuke NakamuraJun Saito
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The HAYABUSA spacecraft is carrying out the in situ observations to understand the physical and chemical characteristics of asteroid 25143 Itokawa which belongs to NEAs. We attempt to quantita-tively model the crater size-frequency distributions observed on the Itokawa's surface. The crater size-frequency distribution of the Itokawa's surface would suggest conveniently the answer of argu-ment about the cause of the steep slope part of lunar and martian crater size-frequency distribution, because the small object has the lack of atmosphere and negligible gravity that lead to show little modification of crater and negligible effect of secondary craters.
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