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Strength In Diversity: Small Bodies as the Most Important Objects in Planetary Sciences

Whitepaper #286 submitted to the Planetary Science and Astrobiology Decadal Survey 2023-2032. Topics: primitive bodies; solar system formation, dynamics processes, and chronology

Published onMar 18, 2021
Strength In Diversity: Small Bodies as the Most Important Objects in Planetary Sciences

We discuss the great diversity of processes and properties present in the small bodies population, and how those lead to a similarly great diversity in the high-priority planetary science questions that they answer. This diverse group cannot be reasonably regarded as a single target population.

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