Context. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) provide information about the surface composition of about 100 000...
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PublicationNear-infrared colors of minor planets recovered from VISTA-VHS survey (MOVIS)
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PublicationNear-infrared spectroscopy of 1999 JU3, the target of the Hayabusa 2 mission
Context. Primitive asteroids contain complex organic material and ices relevant to the origin of life on Earth. These types of asteroids are the target of...
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PublicationNear-infrared spectroscopy of the nucleus of comet 124P/Mrkos
We report near-infrared (0.9-2.3 mu m) spectral observations of the bare nucleus of comet 124P/Mrkos taken on two different nights using the Near Infrared...
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PublicationNear-ultraviolet absorption distribution of primitive asteroids from spectrophotometric surveys. I. Radial distribution
Context. Hydrated minerals, such as phyllosilicates, on asteroids can provide constraints on the temperature or compositional distribution of the early Solar...
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PublicationNear-ultraviolet to visible spectroscopy of the Themis and Polana-Eulalia complex families
Context. Spectrophotometry data of asteroids obtained in the 1980s showed that there are large variations in their near-ultraviolet (NUV) reflectance spectra...
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PublicationNEOWISE Observations of Near-Earth Objects: Preliminary Results
With the NEOWISE portion of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) project, we have carried out a highly uniform survey of the near-Earth object (NEO)...
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PublicationNew observations of asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3, primary target of the ESA Marco Polo-R mission
Context. Near-Earth asteroid (175706) 1996 FG3 is the primary target of the ESA Marco Polo-R mission, which was selected for the assessment study phase of ESA...
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TalkNew Worlds: the Search for Planets outside the Solar System
For thousands of years humankind has speculated on the existence of planets and life beyond the solar system, but until recently astronomers have had only our...
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PublicationNICS-TNG infrared spectroscopy of trans-neptunian objects 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106
We report complete near-infrared (0.9-2.4 mu m) spectral observations of trans-neptunian objects (TNOs) 2000 EB173 and 2000 WR106 collected using the new Near...