Elliptical ejecta of asteroid Dimorphos is due to its surface curvature

Masatoshi Hirabayashi(Auburn University), M. Pajola(Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova), D. C. Richardson(Duke Medical Center), T. M. Davison(Imperial College London), Cristina A. Thomas(Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Martin Jutzi(University of Bern), Alice Lucchetti(Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova), Jian‐Yang Li(Planetary Science Institute), Shantanu P. Naidu(Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Sabina D. Raducan(University of Bern), J. R. Brucato(Arcetri Astrophysical Observatory), Steven R. Chesley, Megan Bruck Syal(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), O. S. Barnouin(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), S. R. Schwartz(Planetary Science Institute), Patrick Michel(University of Tübingen), Kathryn M. Kumamoto(Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory), M. Dall’Ora(Astronomical Observatory of Capodimonte), Dario Modenini(University of Bologna), N. L. Chabot(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), A. M. Stickle(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), G. Tancredi(Observatorio Astronómico Los Molinos), T. L. Farnham(Jet Propulsion Laboratory), Andrew F. Cheng(Ames Research Center), Vincenzo Della Corte(Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology), Angelo Zinzi(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Joel Beccarelli(Osservatorio Astronomico di Padova), J. M. Sunshine(University of Maryland, College Park), Joshua Lyzhoft, E. Dotto(Astronomical Observatory of Rome), Brent W. Barbee(Goddard Space Flight Center), E. Mazzotta Epifani(Astronomical Observatory of Rome), Stavro Ivanovski(Institute for Space Astrophysics and Planetology), Harrison Agrusa(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), Dany Waller(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Gabriele Impresario(Agenzia Spaziale Italiana), Mallory E. DeCoster(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Eugene G. Fahnestock(California Institute of Technology), E. E. Palmer(Planetary Science Institute), A. S. Rivkin(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), P. H. Hasselmann(Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique), J. D. P. Deshapriya(Sorbonne Université), Paul Abell, C. M. Ernst(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), Igor Gai(University of Bologna), G. S. Collins(Imperial College London), Hari Nair(Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory), R. T. Daly(Lockheed Martin (United States)), Simone Ieva(Astronomical Observatory of Rome), Nicholas Moskovitz(Lowell Observatory)
Nature Communications
February 14, 2025
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