Connecting asteroids and meteorites with visible and near-infrared spectroscopy

FE DeMeo, BJ Burt, M Marsset, D Polishook… - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
In this work we identify spectral similarities between asteroids and meteorites. Using spectral
features such as absorption bands and spectral curvature, we identify spectral matches …

The ginger-shaped asteroid 4179 Toutatis: new observations from a successful flyby of Chang'e-2

J Huang, J Ji, P Ye, X Wang, J Yan, L Meng, S Wang… - Scientific reports, 2013 - nature.com
Abstract On 13 December 2012, Chang'e-2 conducted a successful flyby of the near-Earth
asteroid 4179 Toutatis at a closest distance of 770±120 meters from the asteroid's surface …

Interpreting the cratering histories of Bennu, Ryugu, and other spacecraft-explored asteroids

WF Bottke, D Vokrouhlický, RL Ballouz… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
Asteroid crater retention ages have unknown accuracy because projectile–crater scaling
laws are difficult to verify. At the same time, our knowledge of asteroid and crater size …

Physical characterization of Warm Spitzer-observed near-Earth objects

CA Thomas, JP Emery, DE Trilling, M Delbó, JL Hora… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Near-infrared spectroscopy of Near-Earth Objects (NEOs) connects diagnostic spectral
features to specific surface mineralogies. The combination of spectroscopy with albedos and …

Chelyabinsk meteorite explains unusual spectral properties of Baptistina asteroid family

V Reddy, JA Sanchez, WF Bottke, EA Cloutis… - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
We investigated the spectral and compositional properties of Chelyabinsk meteorite to
identify its possible parent body in the main asteroid belt. Our analysis shows that the …

The preliminary analysis of the 4179 Toutatis snapshots of the Chang'E-2 flyby

X Zou, C Li, J Liu, W Wang, H Li, J Ping - Icarus, 2014 - Elsevier
Abstract On 2012 December, 13, 08: 30 (UTC), Chang'E-2 flew by Asteroid 4179 Toutatis in
deep space 7 million kilometers away from Earth. The flyby mission returned clear optical …

Boulders on asteroid Toutatis as observed by Chang'e-2

Y Jiang, J Ji, J Huang, S Marchi, Y Li, WH Ip - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Boulders are ubiquitously found on the surfaces of small rocky bodies in the inner solar
system and their spatial and size distributions give insight into the geological evolution and …

The formation and evolution of ordinary chondrite parent bodies

P Vernazza, B Zanda, T Nakamura, E Scott… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2016 - arxiv.org
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) …

Photometric survey and taxonomic identifications of 92 near-Earth asteroids

CH Lin, WH Ip, ZY Lin, YC Cheng, HW Lin… - Planetary and Space …, 2018 - Elsevier
A photometric survey of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) was conducted from 2012 through
2014 at Lulin Observatory, Taiwan. The measurements of the color indices, BV, VR, and VI …

Composition of potentially hazardous asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: An H chondrite from the outer asteroid belt

JA Sanchez, V Reddy, M Dykhuis… - The Astrophysical …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
Potentially hazardous asteroids (PHAs) represent a unique opportunity for physical
characterization during their close approaches to Earth. The proximity of these asteroids …