Astrophysical: Minor planets

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    Spin rates of V-type asteroids
    Context. Basaltic V-type asteroids play a crucial role in studies of Solar System evolution and planetesimal formation. Comprehensive studies of their physical...
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    Spitzer observations of spacecraft target 162173 (1999 JU3)
    Context: Near-Earth asteroid 162173 (1999 JU3) is the primary target of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Hayabusa-2 sample return mission, and...
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    Spitzer observations of the asteroid-comet transition object and potential spacecraft target 107P (4015) Wilson-Harrington
    Context: Near-Earth asteroid-comet transition object 107P/ (4015) Wilson-Harrington is a possible target of the joint European Space Agency (ESA) and Japanese...
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    Taxonomic classification of asteroids based on MOVIS near-infrared colors
    Context. The MOVIS catalog contains the largest set of near-infrared (NIR) colors for solar system objects. These data were obtained from the observations...
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    Testing space weathering models on A-type asteroid (1951) Lick
    Aims:A-type asteroid (1951) Lick has a very red visible and near-infrared reflectance spectrum, and it is one of the reddest Near-Earth objects. Its surface is...
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    Testing the comet nature of main belt comets. The spectra of 133P/Elst-Pizarro and 176P/LINEAR
    Context. Dynamically, 133P/Elst-Pizarro and 176P/LINEAR are main belt asteroids, likely members of the Themis collisional family, and unlikely of cometary...
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    The active centaur 2020 MK<SUB>4</SUB>
    Context. Centaurs go around the Sun between the orbits of Jupiter and Neptune. Only a fraction of the known centaurs have been found to display comet-like...
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    The descent and bouncing path of the Hayabusa2 lander MASCOT at asteroid (162173) Ryugu
    Images from the Optical Navigation Camera system (ONC) onboard the Hayabusa2 spacecraft show the MASCOT lander during its descent to the surface of asteroid...
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    The Dust Environment of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 R2 (La Sagra)
    We present a model of the dust environment of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 R2 (La Sagra) from images acquired during the period 2010 October-2011 January. The tails...