Bibcode
Popescu, M.; Vaduvescu, O.; de Leon, J.; Boaca, I. L.; Gherase, R. M.; Nedelcu, D. A.; INT students, I. N. G.
Referencia bibliográfica
European Planetary Science Congress 2017, held 17-22 September, 2017 in Riga Latvia, id. EPSC2017-537
Fecha de publicación:
9
2017
Número de citas
0
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Descripción
We studied the spectral distributions of near-Earth asteroids on
cometary orbits (NEACOs) in order to identify potential dormant or
extinct comets among these objects. We present the spectral observations
for 19 NEACOs obtained with Isaac Newton Telescope and Infrared
Telescope Facility (IRTF). Although initially classified as asteroid,
one of our targets - 2007 VA85 was confirmed to be active comet
333P/LINEAR on its 2016 appearance. We found that the NEACOs population
is a mixing of different compositional classes.