Astrophysical: Asteroids

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    Bennu's global surface and two candidate sample sites characterized by spectral clustering of OSIRIS-REx multispectral images
    The OSIRIS-REx spacecraft encountered the asteroid (101955) Bennu on December 3, 2018, and has since acquired extensive data from the payload of scientific...
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    Characterisation of the new target of the NASA Lucy mission: Asteroid 152830 Dinkinesh (1999 VD57)
    Context. The NASA Lucy mission is designed to collect data that will be used to study the very interesting population of Jupiter Trojans, which are considered...
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    Characterization of the June epsilon Ophiuchids meteoroid stream and the comet 300P/Catalina
    Aims: Prior to 2019, the June epsilon Ophiuchids (JEO) were known as a minor unconfirmed meteor shower with activity that was considered typically moderate for...
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    Characterization of the MASCOT landing area by Hayabusa2
    Context. After landing on C-type asteroid Ryugu, MASCOT imaged brightly colored, submillimeter-sized inclusions in a small rock. Hayabusa2 successfully returned...
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    Color study of asteroid families within the MOVIS catalog
    The aim of this work is to study the compositional diversity of asteroid families based on their near-infrared colors, using the data within the MOVIS catalog...
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    Compositional study of asteroids in the Erigone collisional family using visible spectroscopy at the 10.4 m GTC
    Two primitive near-Earth asteroids, (101955) Bennu and (162173) Ryugu, will be visited by a spacecraft with the aim of returning samples back to Earth. Since...
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    Crater depth-to-diameter ratios on asteroid 162173 Ryugu d/D of craters on Ryugu
    The near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu, the target of the Hayabusa2 mission, is noted to be a spinning top-shaped rubble-pile. Craters are among the most...
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    Design and operation of high performance space telescopes
    The design and construction of an asteroid-borne giant optical telescope, and a multi-antenna ultra long baseline free-flying radio interferometer are described...
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    Development of image texture analysis technique for boulder distribution measurements: Applications to asteroids Ryugu and Itokawa
    Recent asteroid missions have revealed that many sub-kilometer asteroids are rubble piles. Large parts of their surfaces are covered with boulders larger than...