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Mineralogical Variations within the S-Type Asteroid Class
Abstract A systematic spectral analysis has been Carried out on a large subset (39 of 144) of the S-type asteroid population. The S-asteroid class includes a number of distinct compositional subtypes…
Meteoritic parent bodies: Their number and identification
- T. Burbine, T. Mccoy, A. Meibom, B. Gladman, K. Keil
- Geology, Physics
- 1 March 2002
Extensive collection efforts in Antarctica and the Sahara in the past 10 years have greatly increased the number of known meteorites. Groupings of meteorites according to petrologic, mineralogical,…
Small main-belt asteroid spectroscopic survey: Initial results
- Shui Xu, R. Binzel, T. Burbine, S. Bus
- Physics, Geology
- 1 May 1995
The spectral characterization of small asteroids is important for understanding the evolution of their compositional and mineralogical properties. We report the results of a CCD spectroscopic survey…
Spectral Properties of Near-Earth Objects: Palomar and IRTF Results for 48 Objects Including Spacecraft Targets (9969) Braille and (10302) 1989 ML
- R. Binzel, A. Harris, S. Bus, T. Burbine
- Physics, Geology
- 1 June 2001
Abstract We present results of visible wavelength spectroscopic measurements for 48 near-Earth objects (NEOs) obtained with the 5-m telescope at Palomar Mountain Observatory during 1998, 1999, and…
Pyroxene mineralogies of near‐Earth vestoids
- T. Burbine, P. Buchanan, T. Dolkar, R. Binzel
- Geology
- 1 March 2009
Abstract— We have calculated pyroxene mineralogies of seven near‐Earth asteroids (NEAs) with reflectance spectra similar to HEDs (howardites, eucrites, and diogenites). Two different sets of formulas…
MUSES‐C target asteroid (25143) 1998 SF36: A reddened ordinary chondrite
- R. Binzel, A. Rivkin, S. Bus, J. Sunshine, T. Burbine
- Physics, Geology
- 1 August 2001
Abstract— Near‐Earth asteroid (25143) 1998 SF36 is a planned target for the Japanese MUSES‐C sample return mission. High signal‐to‐noise and relatively high‐resolution (50 Å) visible and…
Vesta, Vestoids, and the howardite, eucrite, diogenite group: Relationships and the origin of spectral differences
- T. Burbine, P. Buchanan, T. Mccoy
- Geology
- 1 June 2001
Abstract— Spectra of asteroid 4 Vesta and 21 small (estimated diameters less than 10 km) asteroids with Vesta‐like spectral properties (Vestoids) were measured at visible and near‐infrared…
Spectral Properties of Near-Earth Asteroids: Evidence for Sources of Ordinary Chondrite Meteorites
- R. Binzel, S. Bus, T. Burbine, J. Sunshine
- Geology, PhysicsScience
- 16 August 1996
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