IDENTIFICATION OF MAGNETITE IN B-TYPE ASTEROIDS

@article{Yang2010IDENTIFICATIONOM,
  title={IDENTIFICATION OF MAGNETITE IN B-TYPE ASTEROIDS},
  author={Bin Yang and David C. Jewitt},
  journal={The Astronomical Journal},
  year={2010},
  volume={140},
  pages={692 - 698}
}
Spectrally blue (B-type) asteroids are rare, with the second discovered asteroid, Pallas, being the largest and most famous example. We conducted a focused, infrared spectroscopic survey of B-type asteroids to search for water-related features in these objects. Our results show that the negative optical spectral slope of some B-type asteroids is due to the presence of a broad absorption band centered near 1.0 μm. The 1 μm band can be matched in position and shape using magnetite (Fe3O4), which… 
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