The Distribution of Highly Red-sloped Asteroids in the Middle and Outer Main Belt [PDF]
The Planetary Science JournalRed ( S > 10%/0.1 μ m) spectral slopes are common among Centaurs and trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) in the outer solar system. Interior to and co-orbital with Jupiter, the red ( S ∼ 10%/0.1 μ m) slopes of D-type main-belt and Jupiter Trojan asteroids are
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Eccentricity distribution in the main asteroid belt [PDF]
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2016 The observationally complete sample of the main belt asteroids now spans more than two orders of magnitude in size and numbers more than 64,000 (excluding collisional family members). We undertook an analysis of asteroids' eccentricities and their interpretation with simple physical models.
Wang Xianyu, Wang Xianyu, Renu Malhotra
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Dynamical evolution of basaltic asteroids outside the Vesta family in the inner main belt [PDF]
A&A 672, A97 (2023), 2023 Basaltic V-type asteroids are leftovers from the formation and evolution of differentiated planetesimals. They are thought to originate from mantles and crusts of multiple different parent bodies. Identifying the links between individual V-type asteroids
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A record of planet migration in the main asteroid belt [PDF]
Nature, 2009 The main asteroid belt lies between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, but the region is not uniformly filled with asteroids. There are gaps, known as the Kirkwood gaps, in the asteroid distribution in distinct locations that are associated with orbital resonances with the giant planets; asteroids placed in these locations follow chaotic orbits and escape
David A. Minton, Renu Malhotra
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Asteroid family identification using the Hierarchical Clustering Method and WISE/NEOWISE physical properties [PDF]
, 2013 Using albedos from WISE/NEOWISE to separate distinct albedo groups within the Main Belt asteroids, we apply the Hierarchical Clustering Method to these subpopulations and identify dynamically associated clusters of asteroids. While this survey is limited
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Scattering V-type asteroids during the giant planets instability: A step for Jupiter, a leap for basalt [PDF]
, 2017 V-type asteroids are a taxonomic class whose surface is associated to a basaltic composition. The only known source of V-type asteroids in the Main Asteroid Belt is (4) Vesta, that is located in the inner part of the belt.
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Active Asteroids: Main-Belt Comets and Disrupted Asteroids [PDF]
Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, 2015 AbstractThe study of active asteroids has attracted a great deal of interest in recent years since the recognition of main-belt comets (which orbit in the main asteroid belt, but exhibit comet-like activity due to the sublimation of volatile ices) as a new class of comets in 2006, and the discovery of the first disrupted asteroids (which, unlike MBCs ...
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Comparative Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of Dark, Primitive Asteroids: Does Shared Taxonomic Class Indicate Shared Silicate Composition? [PDF]
The Planetary Science JournalPrimitive asteroids with low albedos and red slopes in the visible and near-infrared (VNIR) are found in both the main belt and the Jupiter Trojan clouds.
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The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt [PDF]
, 2015 The past decade has brought major improvements in large-scale asteroid discovery and characterization with over half a million known asteroids and over 100,000 with some measurement of physical characterization.
Alexander, Conel M. O'D. +4 more
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MAIN BELT ASTEROIDS WITH WISE/NEOWISE. I. PRELIMINARY ALBEDOS AND DIAMETERS [PDF]
, 2011 We present initial results from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE), a four-band all-sky thermal infrared survey that produces data well suited for measuring the physical properties of asteroids, and the NEOWISE enhancement to the WISE mission
J. Masiero +21 more
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