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Asteroid Spectroscopy and Mineralogy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 July 2016

Thomas H. Burbine  and
Richard P. Binzel
Thomas H. Burbine
Affiliation:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. E-mail THB@ASTRON.MIT.EDU E-mail RPB@ASTRON.MIT.EDU
Richard P. Binzel
Affiliation:
Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences, MIT, Cambridge, MA 02139, U.S.A. E-mail THB@ASTRON.MIT.EDU E-mail RPB@ASTRON.MIT.EDU

Abstract

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Spectroscopic observations of asteroids of smaller sizes and in the near-infrared have led to many exciting discoveries that have increased substantially our knowledge of the mineralogy of asteroids. These discoveries include the identification of hydrated M and E-asteroids, the mineralogical diversity of the S-class, anomalous S-asteroids, a possible source body of the aubrites, Vesta-like objects in the main belt, possible ordinary chondrite-like objects and one of the reddest objects in the solar system.

Type
Physical Observations and Modeling
Information
Symposium - International Astronomical Union , Volume 160: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1993 , 1994 , pp. 255 - 270
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1994 

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