ORBITS OF NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID TRIPLES 2001 SN263 AND 1994 CC: PROPERTIES, ORIGIN, AND EVOLUTION
@article{Fang2010ORBITSON,
title={ORBITS OF NEAR-EARTH ASTEROID TRIPLES 2001 SN263 AND 1994 CC: PROPERTIES, ORIGIN, AND EVOLUTION},
author={Julia Fang and Jean-Luc Margot and Maja Brozovi{\'c} and Michael C. Nolan and Lance A. M. Benner and Patrick A. Taylor},
journal={The Astronomical Journal},
year={2010},
volume={141},
url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119193346}
}Three-body model fits to Arecibo and Goldstone radar data reveal the nature of two near-Earth asteroid triples. The triple-asteroid system 2001 SN263 is characterized by a primary of ∼1013 kg, an inner satellite ∼1% as massive orbiting at ∼3 primary radii in ∼0.7 days, and an outer satellite ∼2.5% as massive orbiting at ∼13 primary radii in ∼6.2 days. 1994 CC is a smaller system with a primary of mass ∼2.6 ×1011 kg and two satellites ∼2% and ≲1% as massive orbiting at distances of ∼5.5 and ∼19…
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