Astrophysical: Asteroids

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    Near to Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of (65803) Didymos as Observed by JWST: Characterization Observations Supporting the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
    The Didymos binary asteroid was the target of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which intentionally impacted Dimorphos, the smaller member of...
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    Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon: Characterization of its orbit, spin state, and thermophysical parameters
    Context. The near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon is an intriguing object: its perihelion is at only 0.14 au and is associated with the Geminid meteor stream...
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    Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton Telescope
    Context. The population of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) shows a large variety of objects in terms of physical and dynamical properties. They are subject to...
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    Near-infrared colors of minor planets recovered from VISTA-VHS survey (MOVIS)
    Context. The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) provide information about the surface composition of about 100 000...
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    Near-infrared spectroscopy of 1999 JU3, the target of the Hayabusa 2 mission
    Context. Primitive asteroids contain complex organic material and ices relevant to the origin of life on Earth. These types of asteroids are the target of...
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    Near-infrared spectroscopy of the Chaldaea asteroid family: Possible link to the Klio family
    There are eight primitive asteroid families in the inner main belt. The PRIMitive Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (PRIMASS) has characterized all eight families...
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    Near-infrared spectroscopy of the Klio primitive inner-belt asteroid family
    The PRIMitive Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (PRIMASS) aims to characterize primitive asteroids throughout the asteroid belt in the visible and near-infrared...
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    Near-infrared spectroscopy of the Sulamitis asteroid family: Surprising similarities in the inner belt primitive asteroid population
    We present NIR spectra of 19 asteroids in the Sulamitis family as part of our survey of primitive inner belt asteroid families. The spectra were obtained with...
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    Near-ultraviolet absorption distribution of primitive asteroids from photometric surveys: II. Collisional families
    Context. Primitive asteroids consisting of mainly phyllosilicates and opaque minerals have great variation at near-ultraviolet (NUV) wavelengths (0.35–0.5 μm)...