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Advanced aqueous alteration in primitive meteorites: Micro‐ to nanoscale studies of CR1 iron sulfides

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This study documents micro‐ to nanoscale observations of primary nebular and secondary parent body iron sulfides in the CR1 GRO 95577. Despite the extensive alteration of the bulk sample, some primary sulfides managed to avoid alteration, having originally formed in the solar nebula during chondrule formation by either fission‐sulfidization or
S. A. Singerling
wiley   +1 more source

Asteroid Mass Estimation by Mutual Perturbations During Close Encounters After Gaia Focused Product Release

The Astronomical Journal
Mutual perturbations between asteroids during close encounters allow the estimation of their masses using precise astrometric observations. We use all astrometry reported to the Minor Planet Center, high-precision astrometry from ESA’s Gaia Focused ...
Oscar Fuentes-Muñoz, Davide Farnocchia, Jon D. Giorgini, Ryan S. Park   +3 more
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Light-touch2 : a laser-based solution for the deflection, manipulation and exploitation of small asteroids

, 2013
This paper presents the preliminary mission and system analysis of a small-scale, light-weight system for the deflection, manipulation and exploitation of small size asteroids. The system proposed in this paper, called Light-Touch2, uses lasers to ablate
Wayman, Alastair, Vasile, Massimiliano, Sanchez Cuartielles, Joan-Pau, Burns, David, Colombo, Camilla, Gibbings, Alison, Branco, Joao, Garcia Yarnoz, Daniel, Vetrisano, Massimo, Hopkins, John-Mark, McInnes, Colin, Eckersley, Steven   +11 more
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Accessibility of the resources of near Earth space using multi-impulse transfers

, 2010
Most future concepts for exploration and exploitation of space require a large initial mass in low Earth orbit. Delivering this mass requires overcoming Earth's natural gravity well, which imposes a distinct obstacle to space-faring.
Colin McInnes, Sanchez, J.P., Joan-Pau Sanchez, McInnes, Colin R.   +3 more
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The role of composition in the spectral evolution of carbonaceous asteroids as informed by Bennu sample return

Meteoritics &Planetary Science, EarlyView.
Abstract Near‐Earth rubble‐pile asteroids Bennu and Ryugu are part of the carbonaceous taxonomic complex (C‐complex), and samples returned from both bodies resemble the most aqueously altered carbonaceous chondrites. However, telescopic and spacecraft visible–near infrared (VIS–NIR) reflectance spectra of Ryugu exhibit a red (positive) spectral slope ...
Ralph E. Milliken, Takahiro Hiroi, Victoria E. Hamilton, Cody D. Schultz, Ed A. Cloutis, Hannah H. Kaplan, Melissa K. Kontogiannis, Nathalia Vega‐Santiago, Dani N. DellaGiustina, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Dante S. Lauretta   +10 more
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Infrared Colors of Small Serendipitously Found Asteroids in the UKIRT Hemisphere Survey

The Astronomical Journal
The UKIRT Hemisphere Survey covers the northern sky in the infrared from 0° to 60° decl. Current data releases include both J and K bands, with H -band data forthcoming. Here, we present a novel pipeline to recover asteroids from this survey data.
Samantha G. Morrison, Ryder H. Strauss, David E. Trilling, Andy J. López-Oquendo, Justice Bruursema, Frederick J. Vrba   +5 more
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Photometry and Models of Seven Main-Belt Asteroids

Universe
The China Near-Earth Object Survey Telescope (CNEOST) conducted four photometric surveys from 2015 to 2018 using image processing and aperture photometry techniques to obtain extensive light curve data on asteroids. The second-order Fourier series method
Jun Tian, Haibin Zhao, Bin Li, Yongxiong Zhang, Jian Chen, Leonid Elenin, Xiaoping Lu   +6 more
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On testing laser ablation processes for asteroid deflection

, 2011
Asteroids represent both an opportunity and a risk. Their pristine environment captures the early formation of the solar system; while their impact potential could result in the mass extinction of life.
Burns, D., Vasile, M., Burns, David, Vasile, Massimiliano, Gibbings, A., Gibbings, Alison, Watson, I., Hopkins, John-Mark, Hopkins, J.M.   +8 more
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Utopia Remembers: The Soviet Past in the Imagined Communist Future

The Russian Review, EarlyView.
Abstract After a twenty‐five‐year hiatus, the reappearance of utopian literature in 1957 prompted Soviet literary watchdogs to corral the subgenre into an ideologically‐acceptable mold. A key requirement was for future generations to be depicted as reverently commemorating the past.
Antony Kalashnikov
wiley   +1 more source

A smart cloud approach to asteroid deflection

, 2011
This paper presents a novel idea for the successful deflection of asteroids. Adapted initially from the kinematic impactor approach, this new concept – Smart Cloud – combines the relative benefits of the ion beam shepard in providing a large cloud of ...
Vasile, Massimiliano, Gibbings, Alison
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