Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award - Planets and Asteroids

总统青年研究员奖（PYI）-行星和 小行星 Binzel博士将利用这一总统青年研究者奖， 继续他多方面的观察和理论研究 冥王星和太阳系的小行星上。 为 冥王星-冥卫一系统，宾泽尔博士正试图从 参数，如直径，质量和密度，从 行星及其卫星的罕见几何形状 宾泽尔医生 小行星研究包括研究 小行星群代表了大规模 自然碰撞实验 碰撞过程是演化的重要因素 被称为小行星的残留微行星。 通过 了解已经发生的碰撞过程， 原始的星子种群可以被表征并用于 限制太阳系形成的模型。 的 冥王星-冥卫一系统正经历着世纪一次的排列 这导致了一系列的相互日食， 观察员。 仔细观察这些事件可能会导致 的组件的物理参数的推导， 系统 宾泽尔博士的研究将同时解决进化 小行星的性质，以及小行星 冥王星卡戎

Presidential Young Investigator (PYI) Award - Planets and Asteroids. Dr. Binzel will use this Presidential Young Investigator Award to continue his multi-faceted observational and theoretical research on the planet Pluto and asteroids in the Solar System. For the Pluto-Charon system, Dr. Binzel is attempting to derive physical parameters, such as diameters, masses, and densitites, from the rare geometry of the planet and its satellite. Dr. Binzel's asteroid research involves studying the characteristics of clusters of asteroids which represent the outcome of large natural collision experiments. Collisional processes are a significant factor in the evolution of the remnant planetesimals known as asteroids. By understanding the collisional processing that has occurred, the original planetesimal population can be characterized and used to constrain models for the formation of the Solar System. The Pluto-Charon system is undergoing a once-per-century alignment which results in a series of mutual eclipses for Earth-based observers. Careful observations of these events could lead to the derivation of physical parameters of the components of the system. Dr. Binzel's research will address both the evolutionary properties of asteroids, and precise physical properties of Pluto-Charon.