Axisymmetric landslides on top-shaped asteroids

Spin rates of minor planets or asteroids are known to have been affected by several agents including but not limited to tidal fly-bys, impacts and solar radiation. Surface processes like landslides occur as a result of such rotational changes. We study the evolution of landslides on top-shaped rubble pile asteroids like 101955 Bennu and 162173 Ryugu, with the underlying core modeled as two solid cones fused back to back. Using a depth averaged avalanche theory applicable to granular flows we solve for axisymmetric landslides occurring at various spin rates and regolith friction. Static regions on the surface corresponding to different spin rates are identified from an equilibrium analysis. We then solve for landslides initiated at different latitudes. It is found that landslides equilibrate at lower latitudes as the spin rate is increased. Beyond a critical spin rate regolith is shed from the equator. This critical spin is higher for a lower value of the semi-apex angle of the cone.

Fixed and periodic point theorems for T-contractions on cone metric spaces

Recently, Filipovic et al. [M. Filipovic, L. Paunovic, S. Radenovic, M. Rajovic, Remarks on 'Cone metric spaces and fixed point theorems of T-Kannan and T-Chatterjea contractive mappings', Math. Comput. Modelling. 54 (2011) 1467-1472] proved several fixed and periodic point theorems for solid cones on cone metric spaces. In this paper several fixed and periodic point theorems for T-contraction of two maps on cone metric spaces with solid cone are proved. The results of this paper extend and generalize well-known comparable results in the literature.