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The OSIRIS-REx Visible and InfraRed Spectrometer (OVIRS): Spectral Maps of the Asteroid Bennu [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
The OSIRIS-REx Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (OVIRS) is a point spectrometer covering the spectral range of 0.4 to 4.3 microns (25,000–2300 cm−1). Its primary purpose is to map the surface composition of the asteroid Bennu, the target asteroid of the
D. Reuter   +21 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

High‐pressure phase preservation in ordinary L‐chondrite melt veins: Evidence for control by post‐shock thermal evolution

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This study investigates the petrography and mineralogy of three L‐type ordinary chondrite meteorites: Northwest Africa (NWA) 4137 (L6), Homestead (L5), and Kunashak (L6). We studied the shock‐related deformation features in the matrix and the characteristics of the melt veins, including the presence or absence of high‐pressure (HP) phases. Our
S. Effraimidou   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Oxygen isotope thermometry and composition of aqueous fluids within the parent body of asteroid (101955) Bennu

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract We report on the petrography and oxygen isotopic compositions from in situ analyses of carbonates (Ca‐carbonate, dolomite, and Fe‐rich magnesite), magnetite, and apatite in particles from asteroid Bennu. Using oxygen isotope thermometry of Ca‐carbonate, dolomite, and magnetite, we estimated crystallization temperatures and the oxygen isotopic ...
Gary R. Huss   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Formation and evolution of carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu: Direct evidence from returned samples

open access: yesScience, 2022
T. Nakamura   +220 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

A Microkrystite from the Australasian Tektite/Microtektite Strewn Field

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Microkrystites are glassy impact spherules. They contain primary crystallites carrying information on the physical and chemical conditions prevailing during vaporization, melting, and ejection in large impact cratering events. We report on the geochemistry and mineralogy down to nanometer scale of the first microkrystite (ODP1144A,14) from the
Matteo Del Rio   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Period-Multiplying Bifurcations in the Gravitational Field of Asteroids

open access: yesAerospace
Periodic orbit families around asteroids serve as potential trajectories for space probes, mining facilities, and deep space stations. Bifurcations of these families provide additional candidate orbits for efficient trajectory design around asteroids ...
P. Rishi Krishna, Joel George Manathara
doaj   +1 more source

Thermal history, collisional history, and structure of the CK‐chondrite parent body

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Major chondrite groups (H, L, LL, R, EH, EL, CK) with some members of petrologic type 5 and 6 also have some members of types 3 and 4; they do not have members of type 1 or 2. Their parent bodies had onion‐shell structures and were internally heated by the decay of 26Al.
Alan E. Rubin
wiley   +1 more source

The operational environment and rotational acceleration of asteroid (101955) Bennu from OSIRIS-REx observations

open access: yesNature Communications, 2019
During its approach to asteroid (101955) Bennu, NASA’s Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) spacecraft surveyed Bennu’s immediate environment, photometric properties, and rotation state ...
C. Hergenrother   +453 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Earth's Minimoons: Opportunities for Science and Technology

open access: yesFrontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 2018
Twelve years ago the Catalina Sky Survey discovered Earth's first known natural geocentric object other than the Moon, a few-meter diameter asteroid designated 2006 RH120. Despite significant improvements in ground-based telescope and detector technology
Robert Jedicke   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Images from the surface of asteroid Ryugu show rocks similar to carbonaceous chondrite meteorites

open access: yesScience, 2019
Landing on the surface of Ryugu In October 2018, the Hayabusa2 spacecraft dropped the Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) lander onto the surface of the asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Jaumann et al.
R. Jaumann   +49 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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