Meteorite spectroscopy and characterization of asteroid surface materials

Details Meteorite spectroscopy and characterization of asteroid surface materials Meteorite spectroscopy and characterization of asteroid surface materials

Jun 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991pggp.rept..391g&link_type=abstract

In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1990 p 391-393 (SEE N92-10728 01-91)

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Asteroids, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Meteorites, Meteoritic Composition, Spectral Reflectance, Surface Properties, Astronomical Models, Light (Visible Radiation), Mineralogy, Near Infrared Radiation, Petrology, Solar System, Terrestrial Planets

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The analysis of visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra is the primary means to determine surface mineralogy and petrology of individual asteroids. These individual studies provide the data to investigate the broader relationships between the asteroids and meteorites and between asteroids at different heliocentric distances. The main purpose is to improve the understanding of the origin, evolution, and inter-relationships of the asteroids; of their relationships to the meteorites; and of the processes active and the conditions present in the early inner solar system. Empirical information from the study of asteroids and the meteorites is essential to the adequate development and testing of the theoretical models for the accretion of the terrestrial planets, and for their early post-accretionary evolution. The recent results are outined in the following sections: (1) asteroid igneous processes, and (2) spinel-bearing asteroids and the nebular compositional gradient.

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