Astrophysical: Asteroids

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    The Dust Environment of Main-Belt Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS)
    The Main-Belt Comet P/2012 T1 (PANSTARRS) has been imaged using the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the 4.2 m William Herschel Telescope at six epochs in...
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    The Gran Telescopio Canarias will observe binary asteroid Didymos, main target of the ESA Hera space mission
    The World’s largest optical and infrared telescope will be part of this space project by observing binary asteroid Didymos in order to assess the impact that...
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    The Inhomogeneous Surface of Centaur 32522 Thereus (2001 PT13)
    Eight low-resolution near-infrared spectra (0.8-2.4 μm) of 32522 Thereus were obtained on 2002 August 28 from 0:30 to 5:30 UT, covering more than half of its...
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    The last pieces of the primitive inner belt puzzle: Klio, Chaldaea, Chimaera, and Svea
    Aims: Several primitive families in the inner region of the main asteroid belt were identified as potential sources for two near-Earth asteroids (NEAs), (101955...
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    The MASCOT landing area on asteroid (162173) Ryugu: Stereo-photogrammetric analysis using images of the ONC onboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft
    A high-resolution 3D surface model, map-projected to a digital terrain model (DTM), and precisely ortho-rectified context images (orthoimages) of MASCOT landing...
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    The nature of comet-asteroid transition object (3200) Phaethon
    Context: The study of asteroids that present sporadic cometary activity is of fundamental importance to address several astronomical problems including the end...
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    The Origin of Asteroid 101955 (1999 RQ36)
    Near-Earth asteroid (NEA) 101955 (1999 RQ36; henceforth RQ36) is especially accessible to spacecraft and is the primary target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample...
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    The Origin of Asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3)
    Near-Earth asteroid (162173) 1999 JU3 (henceforth JU3) is a potentially hazardous asteroid and the target of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency's...
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    The Second International Asteroid Warning Network Timing Campaign: 2005 LW3
    The Earth close approach of near-Earth asteroid 2005 LW3 on 2022 November 23 represented a good opportunity for a second observing campaign to test the timing...