The Increasingly Strange Polarimetric Behavior of the Barbarian Asteroids
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 Polarization phase-curve measurements provide a unique constraint on the surface properties of asteroids that are complementary to those from photometry and spectroscopy and have led to the identification of the “Barbarian” asteroids as a class of ...
Joseph R. Masiero +4 more
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Enrichment of planetary surfaces by asteroid and comet impacts [PDF]
, 2019 Asteroids and comets have played a very important role in the early evolution of the Earth. Some theories suggest that significant amounts of water and organic material were delivered to Earth through asteroid and comet impacts.
van der Tak, Floris +3 more
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Spectral Evolution of Dark Asteroid Surfaces Induced by Space Weathering over a Decade [PDF]
, 2022 peer reviewedThe surfaces of airless bodies like asteroids in the solar system are known to be affected by space weathering. Experiments simulating space weathering are essential for studying the effects of this process on meteorite samples, but the ...
Marco Delbo (18474549) +56 more
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Periodic motion near the surface of asteroids [PDF]
Astrophysics and Space Science, 2015 We are interested in the periodic motion and bifurcations near the surface of an asteroid. The gravity field of an irregular asteroid and the equation of motion of a particle near the surface of an asteroid are studied. The periodic motions around the major body of triple asteroid 216 Kleopatra and the OSIRIS REx mission target asteroid 101955 Bennu ...
Jiang, Yu, Baoyin, Hexi, Li, Hengnian
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Asteroid Surface Geophysics [PDF]
, 2015 28 pages, 8 figures. Chapter to appear in the book ASTEROIDS IV, (University of Arizona Press) Space Science Series, edited by P. Michel, F.
Murdoch, Naomi +3 more
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Environmental Impact of Silicic Magmatism in Large Igneous Province Events
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 133-151., 2021 Exploring the links between Large Igneous Provinces and dramatic environmental impact
An emerging consensus suggests that Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) and Silicic LIPs (SLIPs) are a significant driver of dramatic global environmental and biological changes, including mass extinctions.
Scott E. Bryan
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Asteroid modeling for testing spacecraft approach and landing [PDF]
, 2014 Spacecraft exploration of asteroids presents autonomous-navigation challenges that can be aided by virtual models to test and develop guidance and hazard-avoidance systems.
Parkes, Steve +7 more
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Carbon Speciation and Solubility in Silicate Melts
Geophysical Monograph Series, Page 179-194., 2020 This book is Open Access. A digital copy can be downloaded for free from Wiley Online Library.
Explores the behavior of carbon in minerals, melts, and fluids under extreme conditions
Carbon trapped in diamonds and carbonate-bearing rocks in subduction zones are examples of the continuing exchange of substantial carbon ...
Natalia Solomatova +2 more
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Space weathering of asteroidal surfaces [PDF]
Astronomy and Astrophysics, 2010 Context. The surfaces of airless bodies in the Solar System are continuously altered by the bombardment of micrometeoroids and irradiation by solar wind, flares, and cosmic particles. Major effects of this process – space weathering – are darkening and “reddening” of the spectra of surface materials, as well as a “degrading” of absorption features ...
Z. Kaňuchová +3 more
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Stereophotoclinometry for OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Navigation
The Planetary Science Journal, 2023 We summarize a decade of effort by the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission team to build up the unique capabilities, processes, and procedures required to accomplish the ...
Coralie D. Adam +20 more
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