We present observational data for Comet 9P/Tempel 1 taken from 1997 through 2010 in an international collaboration in support of the Deep Impact and Stardust...
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PublicationDeep Impact, Stardust-NExT and the behavior of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 from 1997 to 2010
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PublicationDetection of sporadic impact flashes on the Moon: Implications for the luminous efficiency of hypervelocity impacts and derived terrestrial impact rates
We present the first redundant detection of sporadic impact flashes on the Moon from a systematic survey performed between 2001 and 2004. Our wide-field lunar...
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PublicationDigging into the surface of the icy dwarf planet Eris
We describe optical spectroscopic observations of the icy dwarf planet Eris with the 6.5-m MMT telescope and the Red Channel Spectrograph. We report a...
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PublicationDisk-resolved photometric modeling and properties of asteroid (101955) Bennu
OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) is a NASA mission to return a sample of asteroid (101955)...
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PublicationExpected spectral characteristics of (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, targets of the OSIRIS-REx and Hayabusa2 missions
NASA's OSIRIS-REx and JAXA's Hayabusa2 sample-return missions are currently on their way to encounter primitive near-Earth asteroids (101955) Bennu and (162173)...
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PublicationFirst survey of phase curves of V-type asteroids
The V-type asteroids are of major scientific interest as they may sample multiple differentiated planetesimals. Determination of their physical properties is...
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PublicationHigh-resolution observations of bright boulders on asteroid Ryugu: 1. Size frequency distribution and morphology
The near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu displays a Cb-type average spectrum and a very low average normal albedo of 0.04. Although the majority of boulders on...
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PublicationHigh-resolution observations of bright boulders on asteroid Ryugu: 2. Spectral properties
Many small boulders with reflectance values higher than 1.5 times the average reflectance have been found on the near-Earth asteroid 162,173 Ryugu. Based on...
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PublicationHungaria asteroid region telescopic spectral survey (HARTSS) I: Stony asteroids abundant in the Hungaria background population
The Hungaria asteroids remain as survivors of late giant planet migration that destabilized a now extinct inner portion of the primordial asteroid belt and left...