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
by Laura Woodney, Andrew S. Rivkin, Walter Harris, Barbara A. Cohen, Gal Sarid, Maria Womack, Olivier Barnouin, Kat Volk, Carolyn Ernst, Rachel Klima, Yanga R. Fernandez, Jordan K. Steckloff, and Paul A. Abell
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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