We use a Monte Carlo method to confirm that cratering asymmetries between the leading and trailing hemispheres of synchronously-rotating satellites should be very large; indeed we find that previous work has tended to underestimate the asymmetry.
Apex-Antapex Cratering Asymmetries on Synchronous Satellites XXXI
2000-03-01
Conference paper
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English
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