ASTEROIDS 2001

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME

Monday, June 11

09.00 - 09.30	Opening ceremony
	SESSION I	HISTORY Chairs: R. Binzel and V. Zappala'
09.30 - 09.55	G. Fodera' Serio (Invited)	History of the Palermo Observatory and the discovery of Ceres
10.10 - 10.35	B. Marsden (Invited)	The asteroid discovery rate: historical perspective and future outlook
10.50 - 11.15	Coffee Break
	SESSION II	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS: TECHNIQUES AND REPORT OF RESULTS Chair: B. Marsden and I. Belskaya
11.15 - 11.25	M.E. Sansaturio, A. Milani	On asteroid identifications: the algorithms and the computational procedure
11.30 - 11.40	L.K.Kristensen	Follow-up ephemerides and the accuracy of preliminary orbits
11.45 - 11.55	D.F. Lupishko, V.G. Shevchenko, N. Tungalag	On the displacement of asteroid photocenter due to the surface scattering
12.00 - 12.10	J. Ticha, M. Tichy, M. Kocer	The recovery as an important part of NEA astrometric follow-up
12.15 - 12.25	A. Boattini, G. D'Abramo	NEO follow-up coordination activities of the spaceguard central node: results and general recommendations
12.30 - 13.00	S.J. Ostro (Invited)	Radar observations of asteroids: progress and perspectives
13.00	Lunch
15.00 - 15.10	M.C. Nolan, J.L. Margot, E.S. Howell, L. Benner, S.J. Ostro, et al.	Near-earth asteroids observed using the post-upgrade Arecibo planetary radar
15.15 - 15.25	L.A.M. Benner, M.C. Nolan, J.L. Margot et al	Recent radar observations of four near-earth asteroids
15.30 - 15.40	D.J. Scheeres	Dynamical constraints on asteroid binaries
15.45 - 15.55	J.L. Margot, M.C. Nolan, L.A.M. Benner, S.J. Ostro, M.E. Brown, E.S. Howell, R.F. Jurgens et al	Discovery and characterization of three binary asteroids 2000 DP107, 2000 UG11, and 87 Sylvia
16.00 - 16.10	C. Magri, S.J. Ostro, L.A.M. Benner, B.R. Beeney	Radar constraints on asteroid composition using 433 Eros as ground truth
	SESSION III	SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS Chairs: D. Lupishko and M.A. Barucci
16.15 - 16.40	A. Cheng (Invited)	Eros: The NEAR mission and results
16.55 - 17.20	Tea Break
17.20 - 17.30	D.W. Dunham, R.W. Farquhar, J.V McAdams et al	Implementation of the first asteroid landing
17.35 - 17.45	B.E. Clark, P. Helfenstein, J.F. Bell III et al	Space weathering on Eros: constraints from albedo and spectral measurements of Psyche crater
17.50 - 18.00	D.E. Smith, M.T. Zuber	Comparison of imaging and altimeter shape models for 433 Eros
18.05 - 18.15	J. Trombka, L.R. Nittler, D.Starr et al	Elemental analysis of 433 Eros; results from the near X-Ray/Gamma-ray spectrometer
18.20 - 18.30	D. Hestroffer; P. Tanga; J. Berthier; A. Cellino; M. Lattanzi; M. Di Martino and V. Zappalà	HST/FGS interferometric observations of asteroids
18.35 - 19.35	POSTER SESSION	SESSIONS I, II and III

Tuesday, June 12

09.00 - 09.25	C.R. Chapman (Invited)	Impact and cratering history of asteroids
09.40 - 09.50	M.T. Zuber, D.E. Smith, A.F. Cheng., J.B. Garvin and the NLR science team	Physical structure and dynamics of 433 Eros from NEAR- Shoemaker altimetry and gravity
09.55 - 10.05	R.Sullivan, P. Thomas, S. Murchie, M. Robinson	Asteroid geology from Galileo and NEAR data
10.10 - 10-20	I. Richter, K.H. Glassmeier, F.Kuhnke, G. Musmann et al	Magnetometer observations during the Flyby of the DEEP SPACE 1 spacecraft of the asteroid Braille
10.25 - 10.35	E. Dotto, M.A. Barucci, T. G. Mueller et al	ISO observations of asteroids
10.40 - 10.50	S.D. Price, M.P. Egan	Space-based infrared characterization of asteroids
10.55 - 11.20	Coffee Break
	SESSION IV	DYNAMICAL STRUCTURE AND ORIGIN Chairs: A. Milani and W.B. Bottke
11.20 - 11.45	A. Morbidelli (Invited)	Dynamical structure of the asteroid belt
12.00 - 12.10	J. Spitale, R. Greenberg	Finite-different calculations of the general Yarkovsky effect
12.15 - 12.25	A. Shukolyukov, G.W. Lugmair	Chronology of asteroid accretion and differentiation
12.30 - 12.40	V. Carruba, J. A. Burns, W. B. Bottke	Dynamical scattering of asteroid families
12.45 - 12.55	W. Bottke, D. Vokrouhlicky, M. Broz, A. Morbidelli	Yarkovsky-assisted escape of kilometer-sized asteroids from the main belt
13.00	Lunch
15.00 - 15.10	W.R. Ward	Early erosion of the asteroid belt
15.15 - 15.25	O. Manuel	Compositional variations in asteroids: a record of the early solar system
15.30 - 15.40	M. Nagasawa, S. Ida, H. Tanaka	Orbital excitation of asteroids during depletion of a protoplanetary disk
15.45 - 15.55	D. Nesvorny, A. Morbidelli, D. Vokrouhlicky, B. Bottke, M. Broz	The Flora family: a case of the dynamically dispersed collisional swarm ?
	SESSION V	COMPOSITION AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE Chairs: K. Muinonen and E.S. Howell
16.00 - 16.25	P.Pravec, A.W. Harris USA	Asteroid rotations
16.40 - 16.50	I.N. Belskaya, V.G. Shevchenko	Photometry and polarimetry of main-belt asteroids: main features and correlations
16.55 - 17.20	Tea Break
17.20 - 17.30	K.S. Jarvis, A.L. Cochran, M.S. Kelley, F. Villas	More Vesta, more Vestoids: New spectra and their significance for parent body composition
17.35 - 17.45	E.S. Howell, A.S. Rivkin, F. Vilas	Uneven distribution of aqueously altered minerals on asteroids
17.50 - 18.15	S.J Bus (Invited)	Spectroscopic and taxonomic characterization of asteroids
18.30 - 19.30	POSTER SESSION	SESSIONS IV, V and VI

Wednesday, June 13

09.00 - 09.10	R.P. Binzel	Physical properties of Near-Earth objects: an overview
09.15 - 09.25	A.W.Harris, DLR Berlin	The albedos and taxonomy of small asteroids
09.30 - 09.40	L.V. Moroz, A.V. Korochantsev, R. Waesch, G. Arnold	Surface color variations of dark asteroids and other low albedo small bodies due to organic components
09.45 - 09.55	S. Sasaki, K. Nakamura, W. Hamabe, E. Kurahashi, T. Hiroi	A successful simulation of space weathering: spectral darkening and reddening by production of nanophase iron particles
10.00 - 10.10	C.W. Hergenrother, R. J. Whiteley, P. Pravec, S. M. Larson	Small monolithic fast-rotating asteroids
10.15 - 10.25	M.Yanagisawa	Rotation rates of non-spherical asteroids
10.30 - 10.40	K.A. Holsapple	Shape limits for Rock Pile asteroids
10.45 - 10.55	D.T. Britt, D.K. Yeomans, G.J. Consolmagno S.J., K.R. Housen	Asteroids porosity and internal structure
11.00 - 11.25	Coffee Break
11.25 - 11.50	A. Ghosh, H.Y. McSween, Jr., R.E. Grimm, L.Wilson, E.D. Young (Invited)	Importance of thermal models in understanding asteroid evolution
12.05 - 12.15	P. Washabaugh, D.J. Scheeres	Energy and stress distributions in ellipsoids
12.20 - 12.30	R.J.Whiteley, D.J. Tholen	Spectrophotometric observations of small near-earth asteroids
12.35 - 12.45	K. Muinonen	Interpreting asteroid photometry and polarimetry using a single multiple-scattering model
12.50 - 13.00	Yu. Shkuratov, A. Ovcharenko, K. Muinonen, J. Piironen, R. Nelson	Laboratory studies for the opposition effect and negative polarization of simulated asteroid regoliths
13.05	Lunch

14.00 ca. Excursion

Thursday, June 14

	SESSION VI	ASTEROID FAMILIES AND COLLISIONAL PROCESSES Chairs: B. Clark and A. Cellino
09.00 - 09.25	E. Asphaug, E. Ryan, M. Zuber (Invited)	Asteroid interiors
09.40 - 10.05	W.J. Merline (Invited)	Asteroid satellites
10.20 - 10.30	D.D. Durda, W. Bottke Jr., E. Asphaug et al	Numerical models of the formation of asteroid satellites
10.35 - 10.45	A. Campo Bagatin, J.M. Petit	Geometric constraints on the size distributions of asteroidal fragments
10.50 - 11.00	A. Cellino, V. Zappalà	The identification of the most likely parent bodies of large NEAs
11.05 - 11.30	Coffee Break
11.30 - 11.40	P. Michel, W. Benz, P. Tanga, D.C. Richardson	New simulations of collisions between asteroids in the gravity regime: comparison with the properties of some observed asteroid families
11.45 - 11.55	K.R.Housen	Impact cratering on porous asteroids
12.00 - 12.25	V. Zappalà (Invited)	New results in asteroid families
12.40 - 12.50	M.S. Kelley	Progress on genetic testing and geologic mapping of dynamical asteroid families: the FACES database
12.55 - 13.05	B.A. Ivanov, G. Neukum, W.K. Hartmann	The comparison of size-frequency distributions of impact craters and asteroids, and the planetary cratering rate
13.10	Lunch
15.00 - 15.10	Z.M. Leinhardt, D.C. Richardson	Planetesimal evolution: a mass ratio study of rubble pile collisions
15.15 - 15.25	D. O'Brien, R. Greeenberg	The collisional evolution of really tiny asteroids: implications for their size-distribution and lifetimes
	SESSION VII	INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH INNER SS OBJECTS: NEAR-EARTH OBJECTS, METEORITES, METEOR STREAMS Chairs: A. Carusi and D. Steel
15.30 - 15.55	D.Morrison (Invited)	Dealing with the Asteroids impact hazard
16.10 - 16.20	G. D'Abramo, A.W.Harris USA, A. Boattini, S.C. Werner, A.W. Harris DLR, G. B. Valsecchi	Estimating the population of near-earth asteroids through the detection/re-detection method
16.25 - 16.35	A.W. Harris, USA	The Spaceguard Survey: How are we doing?
16.40 - 16.50	A. Rossi, D.J. Scheeres, F. Marzari	Evolution of NEOs rotation rate due to repeated close encounters with the earth
16.55 - 17.20	Tea Break
17.20 - 17.45	T. H. Burbine (Invited)	Asteroid-meteorite relationships
18.00 - 18.10	G.J.Flynn	Physical properties of stone meteorites: implications for the properties of stone asteroids
18.15 - 18.25	D.I. Steel	Groupings among near-earth objects
18.30 - 19.30	POSTER SESSION	SESSIONS VII, VIII and IX

Friday, June 15

09.00 - 09.10	T. Mukai, M. Ishiguro, M. Fujino et al	Observations of asteroidal dust clouds
09.15 - 09.25	S. Dermott, D. Durda, K. Grogan, T. Kehoe	Asteroidal dust
	SESSION VIII	INTERRELATIONSHIPS WITH OUTER SS OBJECTS: TROJANS CENTAURS, EDGEWORTH-KUIPER OBJECTS, COMETS Chairs: D. Lazzaro and C.M. Lisse
09.30 - 09.55	P.Weissman, W. Bottke, M.Hicks, H.Levison (Invited)	Evolution of comets into asteroids
10.10 - 10.20	Virtanen J., Muinonen K., Laakso T., Kaasalainen M., Bowell E.	Optimized orbital ranging for trans-Neptunian and near-Earth objects
10.25 - 10.35	Y. Fernandez, D. Jewitt, S. Sheppard	Low albedo among extinct comet candidates
10.40 - 10.50	H.U. Keller	Are inactive comets asteroids?
10.55 - 11.20	Coffee Break
11.20 - 11.45	M.A. Barucci (Invited)	Trojans, Centaurs and relations to the Kuiper belt
12.00 - 12.10	C.M. Lisse	The evolution of cometary bodies into asteroids - clues from observations of cometary dust
12.15 - 12.25	S. Mottola, M. Di Martino, A. Erikson	Rotation properties of Jupiter Trojan asteroids
12.30 - 12.40	F. Marzari, H. Scholl	On the instability of Jupiter Trojans
12.45	Lunch
	SESSION IX	THE FUTURE OF ASTEROIDS Chairs: M. Fulchignoni and C. Chapman
14.45 - 15.10	D.K. Yeomans, R.W. Farquhar, J. Kawaguchi, C.T. Russel, G.H. Schwehm, J. Veverka (Invited)	Spacecraft exploration of asteroids: past, present and future
15.25 - 15.35	H.Yano, M. Abe, H.Yamakawa, M. Yoshikawa, A. Fujiwara	The Family Mission: multiple Fly-bys and sample returns to main belt asteroid families
15.40 - 15.50	A. Fujiwara, T. Mukai, A. Abe, H. Yano, J. Kawaguchi, K. Uesugi	Sample return and science by MUSES-C
15.55 - 16.05	L. Bussolino, A. Ferri, R. Somma, V. Zappalà, A. Cellino, A. Carusi, G. Valsecchi	Studying a mission for physical characterization of NEOs
16.10 - 16.20	A.R. Hildebrand, K.A. Caroll, D.D. Balam, et al	The near-earth space surveillance (NESS) mission: discovery, tracking and characterization of asteroids and comets with a microsatellite
16.25 - 16.35	A. Milani, S. R. Chesley, P.W. Chodas, G.B. Valsecchi	Asteroid close approaches and monitoring for possible impacts
16.40 - 17.05	Tea Break
17.05 - 17.15	M.S.J. Belton, E. Asphaug, W. Huebner, D. Yeomans	Scientific requirements for NEO impact mitigation
17.20 - 17.30	A. Carusi, G. Valsecchi, G. D' Abramo, A. Boattini	Deflecting near-earth objects (NEOs) in route of collision with the earth: preliminary results of numerical simulations
17.35 - 17.45	G. Sommer	A policy framework for the NEO problem: advocates, institutions and social benefit
17.50 - 18.30	R. Binzel, V. Zappala'	Concluding remarks and Discussion Chair: E. Bowell
18.30	End