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Paolo Paolicchi
Researcher at University of Pisa
Publications - 112
Citations - 2894
Paolo Paolicchi is an academic researcher from University of Pisa. The author has contributed to research in topics: Asteroid & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 112 publications receiving 2779 citations.
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Asteroid families classification: Exploiting very large datasets
TL;DR: A new approach to the asteroid family classification by combining the Hierarchical Clustering Method (HCM) with a method to add new members to existing families, which allows to solve some difficult cases of families overlapping in the proper elements space but generated by different collisional events.
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The asteroids as outcomes of catastrophic collisions
TL;DR: The role of catastrophic collisions in the evolution of the asteroids was discussed in detail, employing extrapolations of experimental results on the outcomrs of high-velocity impacts as discussed by the authors.
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Wavy size distributions for collisional systems with a small-size cutoff
TL;DR: This article showed that the cutoff results in a wavy pattern superimposed on Dohnanyi's equilibrium power law, which affects the distribution up to sizes of tens of km, and the cutoff effect may provide a simple explanation for this finding, since it may be generated by poorly known non-gravitational effects acting on μm-sized dust.
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On the Size Distribution of Asteroid Families: The Role of Geometry
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors suggest that the failures of the previous models were due to the fact that geometric effects were not taken into account, and they find that steep size distributions are necessarily produced by fragmentations of the parent bodies.
Asteroid collisional history - Effects on sizes and spins
TL;DR: In this paper, the effects of asteroid collisional history on sizes and spins of present-day objects are discussed, and an integrated size and spin collisional evolution model is presented, with two critical parameters: one which determines the spin rates for small fragments resulting from a shattering collision, and the other determines the fraction of impact angular momentum that is retained by the target.