Asteroid families: properties, recent advances, and future opportunities

B Novaković, D Vokrouhlický, F Spoto… - Celestial Mechanics and …, 2022 - Springer
Collisions are one of the key processes shaping planetary systems. Asteroid families are
outcomes of such collision still identifiable across our solar system. The families provide a …

The main belt comets and ice in the solar system

C Snodgrass, J Agarwal, M Combi… - The Astronomy and …, 2017 - Springer
We review the evidence for buried ice in the asteroid belt; specifically the questions around
the so-called Main Belt Comets (MBCs). We summarise the evidence for water throughout …

VLT/SPHERE imaging survey of the largest main-belt asteroids: Final results and synthesis

P Vernazza, M Ferrais, L Jorda, J Hanuš… - Astronomy & …, 2021 - aanda.org
Context. Until recently, the 3D shape, and therefore density (when combining the volume
estimate with available mass estimates), and surface topography of the vast majority of the …

Asteroid taxonomy from cluster analysis of spectrometry and albedo

M Mahlke, B Carry, PA Mattei - Astronomy & Astrophysics, 2022 - aanda.org
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 …

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 …

Gaia Data Release 3-The Solar System survey

P Tanga, T Pauwels, F Mignard, K Muinonen… - Astronomy & …, 2023 - aanda.org
Context. The third data release by the Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (DR3) is
the first release to provide the community with a large sample of observations for more than …

Source regions of carbonaceous meteorites and near-Earth objects

M Brož, P Vernazza, M Marsset, RP Binzel… - Astronomy & …, 2024 - aanda.org
Context. The source regions of ordinary chondrites (~ 80% of all falls) and large S-type near-
Earth objects (NEOs;~ 30%) have recently been identified with three young asteroid families …

Different origins or different evolutions? Decoding the spectral diversity among C-type asteroids

P Vernazza, J Castillo-Rogez, P Beck… - The Astronomical …, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
Anhydrous pyroxene-rich interplanetary dust particles (IDPs) have been proposed as
surface analogs for about two-thirds of all C-complex asteroids. However, this suggestion …

Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton Telescope

M Popescu, O Vaduvescu, J de León… - Astronomy & …, 2019 - aanda.org
Context. The population of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) shows a large variety of objects in
terms of physical and dynamical properties. They are subject to planetary encounters and to …

Investigating the relationship between (3200) Phaethon and (155140) 2005 UD through telescopic and laboratory studies

T Kareta, V Reddy, N Pearson… - The Planetary …, 2021 - iopscience.iop.org
The relationship between the near-Earth objects (3200) Phaethon and (155140) 2005 UD is
unclear. While both are parents to meteor showers (the Geminids and Daytime Sextantids …