Session 52. Asteroid Discovery and Dynamics I

Oral, Chair: R. Binzel, Saturday,
December 1, 2001, 9:40-10:40am, Regency E

52.01 Search for Asteroid Satellites

W.J. Merline (SwRI), L.M. Close (U. Arizona), F. Menard (LAOG, Obs. Grenoble, France), C. Dumas (JPL), C.R. Chapman, D.C. Slater (SwRI)

52.02 Discovery and characterization of binary asteroids 22 Kalliope and 87 Sylvia

J. L. Margot, M. E. Brown (California Institute of Technology)

52.03 The Formation of Asteroid Satellites: Numerical Simulations Using SPH and N-body Models

D. D. Durda, W. F. Bottke (Southwest Research Institute), E. Asphaug (Univ. of California, Santa Cruz), D. C. Richardson (Univ. of Maryland)

52.04 Merging, spinning and bouncing in catastrophic collisions: Consequences for final fragment properties

P. Michel (OCA), W. Benz (Berne Univ.), P. Tanga (OCA), D.C. Richardson (Maryland Univ.)

52.05 The Trojans of Ceres and Vesta

A. Christou (Armagh Observatory)

52.06 On the Stability of Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune Trojans

H. Scholl (Observatoire de la Cote d'Azur), F. Marzari (Univ. of Padova)