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Distribution and rare earth element abundances of apatite in Bennu samples determined by synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence spectroscopy

open access: yesMeteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Apatite is often the most rare earth element (REE)‐enriched mineral in chondritic meteorites. REE enrichment and fractionation levels in apatite grains can give insight into the aqueous fluids in which they formed and the conditions prevailing within the host body. In this study, we applied synchrotron X‐ray fluorescence (SXRF) spectroscopy to
B. J. Tkalcec   +17 more
wiley   +1 more source

A Photometric Survey of over 200 V-type Asteroids and Their Phase-curve Analysis

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series
V-type asteroids are considered to be crustal fragments of asteroid (4) Vesta and possibly of other differentiated parent bodies that once existed in the main asteroid belt.
Adrián Galád   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optical Monitoring of the Didymos–Dimorphos Asteroid System with the Danish Telescope around the DART Mission Impact

open access: yesThe Planetary Science Journal, 2023
The NASA’s Double-Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) was a unique planetary defence and technology test mission, the first of its kind. The main spacecraft of the DART mission impacted the target asteroid Dimorphos, a small moon orbiting the asteroid ...
Agata Rożek   +28 more
doaj   +1 more source

VUV and mid‐UV photoabsorption cross sections of thin films of glycine and alanine: Application to their photochemistry in the solar system

open access: yesPhotochemistry and Photobiology, EarlyView.
Thin solid films of pure glycine or alanine (thicknesses ranging from 10 to 700 nm) were prepared on MgF2 windows using a vacuum sublimation/recondensation method. VUV‐UV spectroscopy of these films enabled us to characterize new absorption cross sections for glycine and alanine for VUV‐UV radiations between 120 and 300 nm.
Juliette Pastore   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Experimental characterization of the thrust induced by laser ablation on an asteroid [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
This paper presents an improved laser ablation model and compares the performance – Δv and mass efficiency - of laser ablation against contactless deflection methods based on ion-propulsion.
Vasile, Massimiliano   +4 more
core   +3 more sources

Photometry of Outer Solar System Objects from the Dark Energy Survey. I. Photometric Methods, Light-curve Distributions, and Trans-Neptunian Binaries

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, 2023
We report the methods of and initial scientific inferences from the extraction of precision photometric information for the >800 trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) discovered in the images of the Dark Energy Survey (DES). Scene-modeling photometry is used to
Pedro H. Bernardinelli   +53 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Secular Dynamical Evolution of Binary Asteroid System (65803) Didymos Post-DART

open access: yesThe Planetary Science Journal
The successful impact of NASA’s DART mission with Dimorphos, the secondary body of binary asteroid system (65803) Didymos, altered the attitude, shape, and orbit of Dimorphos.
Rachel H. Cueva   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Study the genesis of the Moons of Jupiter and their Physical Properties

open access: yesمجلة بغداد للعلوم, 2015
A developed model has been put for the hypothesis of capturing moons in explaining the origin of Jupiter moons, and study the change of the orbital properties of these satellites as well as the distance from the planet.
Baghdad Science Journal
doaj   +1 more source

The Cumulation of Debris Clouds around a Fast-rotating Asteroid

open access: yesThe Astrophysical Journal
The rotational mass loss has been realized to be a prevalent mechanism to produce low-speed debris near the asteroid, and the size composition of the asteroid’s surface regolith has been closely measured by in situ explorations.
Chenyang Huang   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

A promising view to the Moon: Anticipations for Tianwen-2 samples returned from Kamo’oalewa

open access: yesEarth and Planetary Physics
The exploration of asteroids has received increasing attention since the 1990s because of the unique information these objects contain about the history of the early solar system. Quasi-satellites are a population of asteroids that co-orbit closely with,
WenZhe Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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