Context. The classification of the minor bodies of the Solar System based on observables
has been continuously developed and iterated over the past 40 yr. While prior iterations …

Methods to constrain the surface mineralogy of asteroids have seen considerable
development during the last decade, with advancement in laboratory spectral calibrations …

Aims. We carried out a spectroscopic survey in order to investigate the composition of 64
asteroids of the inner main belt, which are leftovers of the original planetesimals of our Solar …

The inner asteroid belt is an important source of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs). Dynamical
studies of the inner asteroid belt have identified several families overlapping in proper …

Ordinary chondrites (OCs) are by far the most abundant meteorites (80% of all falls). Their
origin has long been the matter of a heated debate. About thirty years ago (eg, Pellas 1988) …

Context. The near-Earth objects (NEOs), whose proximity makes them the most accessible
bodies in the Solar System, allow us to sample asteroids from tens of kilometers down to …

Context. In the past decades near-Earth objects (NEOs) have become very important targets
to study, since they can give us clues to the formation, evolution, and composition of the …

The Didim meteorite contains multiple lithologies and clasts of different petrologic types in a
single stone. A mixture of H5 clasts in an unequilibrated H3 host was previously observed in …

The fundamental science question we address in this research concerns the evolution of
asteroid families; more specifically, does asteroid (6) Hebe have a genetic family, and does …

Harboring both the solar system's ancient past and its bountiful resources, asteroids are
perhaps the best-suited targets of opportunity for resource extraction and a source of usable …