Speaker
Davide Perna
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Description
Information about solar system small bodies’ size, shape and surface structures is crucial to shed light on the mechanisms behind planetary accretion and evolution.
Until very recently, a detailed characterization of such properties could be obtained only for the handful of objects visited by space missions.
However, new-generation adaptive-optics instruments can open a new frontier in planetary sciences, allowing ground-based disk-resolved investigation of a much greater, statistically significant, number of small bodies.
I will review the state-of-the-art of this field and discuss its perspectives, especially in view of the upcoming availability of advanced instruments of special interest for the Italian community.
Primary author
Davide Perna
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Co-authors
Elisabetta Dotto
Elena Mazzotta Epifani
Simone Ieva
(INAF - Osservatorio astronomico di Roma)
Simone Antoniucci
(INAF - OAR)
Marco Micheli
(ESA)
Fernando Pedichini
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Massimiliano Mattioli
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
Valentina D'Orazi
(Istituto Nazionale di Astrofisica (INAF))
