Astrofísicas: Asteroides

  • Noticia
    Tocar y volver de un asteroide: OSIRIS-REx y Bennu
    Este martes, 20 de octubre, a las 23:12 (hora canaria), la nave de la NASA OSIRIS-REx hará el primer intento para recoger muestras del asteroide (101955) Bennu...
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    Un estudio revela que el asteroide 2023 DZ2 no chocará con la Tierra
    Un equipo científico internacional, en el que participa personal investigador del Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC), confirma que el asteroide...
  • Publicación
    V-type candidates and Vesta family asteroids in the Moving Objects VISTA (MOVIS) catalogue
    Context. Basaltic asteroids (spectrally classified as V-types) are believed to be fragments of large differentiated bodies. The majority of them are found in...
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    Visible and near-infrared observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 during its closest approach of February 15, 2013
    Context. Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 made its closest approach on February 15, 2013, when it passed at a distance of 27 700 km from the Earth's surface. It...
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    Visible spectra of (474640) 2004 VN112-2013 RF98 with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC: evidence for binary dissociation near aphelion among the extreme trans-Neptunian objects
    The existence of significant anisotropies in the distributions of the directions of perihelia and orbital poles of the known extreme trans-Neptunian objects...
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    Visible spectroscopy of the Polana-Eulalia family complex: Spectral homogeneity
    The Polana-Eulalia family complex is located in the inner part of the asteroid belt, bounded by the ν6 and the 3:1 resonances, where we can find another three...
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    Visible spectroscopy of the Sulamitis and Clarissa primitive families: a possible link to Erigone and Polana
    The low-inclination (i 8∘) primitive asteroid families in the inner main belt, that is, Polana-Eulalia, Erigone, Sulamitis, and Clarissa, are considered to be...
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    Water in Ryugu as a property of processes in its parent body
    Context. Samples from the asteroid Ryugu provide key information on the initial composition and evolutionary processes of primitive bodies. Aims. This study...
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    Water-ice-driven Activity on Main-Belt Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)?
    The dust ejecta of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) have been observed with several telescopes at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma...