Reflectance spectra of 'featureless' materials and the surface mineralogies of M- and E-class asteroids

Details Reflectance spectra of 'featureless' materials and the surface mineralogies of M- and E-class asteroids Reflectance spectra of 'featureless' materials and the surface mineralogies of M- and E-class asteroids

Jan 1990

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Journal of Geophysical Research (ISSN 0148-0227), vol. 95, Jan. 10, 1990, p. 281-293. Research supported by Sigma Xi - The Scien

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Asteroids, Meteoritic Composition, Minerals, Planetary Surfaces, Spectral Reflectance, Enstatite, Iron Oxides, Silicates, Spectrum Analysis, Asteroids, Reflectance, Spectra, Optical Properties, Surface, Mineralogy, M Asteroids, E Asteroids, Psyche, Nysa, Metal, Silicates, Enstatite, Carbon, Iron, Oxides, Wavelengths, Remote Sensing, Analysis, Size, Parameters, Particles, Chemistry, Structure, Abundance

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In a search for diagnostic spectral parameters which can be used to distinguish different materials on the surface of asteroids and to provide information on the detection limits for mafic silicates, the 0.3- to 2.6-micron reflectance spectra of meteoritic enstatite (nearly pure MgSiO3), iron meteorite metal, magnetite, and amorphous carbon as well as various mixtures of these materials with mafic silicates were examined. Results are presented on the dependence of the spectral detectability of mafic silicates associated with metal, carbon, and magnetite on the particle sizes of the phases, their chemistries, crystal structures, and abundances. It is shown that the observational data for a representative M-class asteroid, (16) Psyche, are largely consistent with a fine-grained metal-rich surface assemblage, whereas data for the E-class asteroid (44) Nysa indicate that its surface is composed of fine-grained material similar to enstatite achondrites, with a small amount of material comparable to the chondritic inclusions found in the Cumberland Falls aubrite.

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