Free Access

Table 2

Nominal thermal parameters for S and C/X taxonomic types of asteroids.

Type ρ bulk ρ surf K C th A Bond ϵ
(kg/m3) (kg/m3) (W/m/K) (J/kg/K)

S 2500 1500 0.001 680 0.1 0.9
C/X 1300 1300 0.01 680 0.02 0.9

Notes. ρbulk denotes the bulk density, ρsurf the surface density, K the thermal conductivity, Cth the specific thermal capacity, ABond the Bond albedo and ϵ the infrared emissivity.

Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.

Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.

Initial download of the metrics may take a while.