Asteroid Spectroscopy and Mineralogy
- 1 January 1994
- journal article
- physical observations-and-modeling
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in Symposium - International Astronomical Union
- Vol. 160, 255-270
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0074180900046581
Abstract
Spectroscopic observations of asteroids of smaller sizes and in the near-infrared have led to many exciting discoveries that have increased substantially our knowledge of the mineralogy of asteroids. These discoveries include the identification of hydrated M and E-asteroids, the mineralogical diversity of the S-class, anomalous S-asteroids, a possible source body of the aubrites, Vesta-like objects in the main belt, possible ordinary chondrite-like objects and one of the reddest objects in the solar system.Keywords
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