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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PublicaciónNear-infrared spectroscopy of 1999 JU3, the target of the Hayabusa 2 mission
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PublicaciónNear-infrared spectroscopy of the Chaldaea asteroid family: Possible link to the Klio family
There are eight primitive asteroid families in the inner main belt. The PRIMitive Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (PRIMASS) has characterized all eight families...
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PublicaciónNear-infrared spectroscopy of the Klio primitive inner-belt asteroid family
The PRIMitive Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (PRIMASS) aims to characterize primitive asteroids throughout the asteroid belt in the visible and near-infrared...
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PublicaciónNear-infrared spectroscopy of the Sulamitis asteroid family: Surprising similarities in the inner belt primitive asteroid population
We present NIR spectra of 19 asteroids in the Sulamitis family as part of our survey of primitive inner belt asteroid families. The spectra were obtained with...
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PublicaciónNear-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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PublicaciónNear-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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PublicaciónNEOWISE 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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PublicaciónNew 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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PublicaciónNew polarimetric and spectroscopic evidence of anomalous enrichment in spinel-bearing calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions among L-type asteroids
Asteroids can be classified into several groups based on their spectral reflectance. Among these groups, the one belonging to the L-class in the taxonomic...