The E asteroids and the origin of the enstatite achondrites

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Dec 1977

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Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 41, Dec. 1977, p. 1759-1767.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Achondrites, Asteroids, Enstatite, Mineralogy, Ubv Spectra, Albedo, Astronomical Models, Color, Petrology, Polarized Light

Scientific paper

Color, polarization, and albedo data are summarized for the three known minor planets of optical type E: 44 Nysa, 64 Angelina, and 434 Hungaria. The inventory of E asteroids with dimensions in excess of 50 km is shown to be essentially complete. The surfaces of the E objects evidently consist of colorless translucent iron-free silicates such as plagioclase, forsterite, or enstatite. Their possible identification as the source of enstatite achondrites is consistent with laboratory polarimetry of the Norton County aubrite. Both Nysa and Hungaria seem to be rather favorably situated for the production of meteorites. Nysa has a highly aspherical shape and is dynamically associated with the metal-rich asteroid 135 Hertha and several small objects also apparently of the metal-depleted E type. The configuration is suggestive of the fragments of a differentiated parent body, in which Hertha originated as the iron core and Nysa as the largest surviving mantle fragment. The relative volumes, however, are not consistent with simple igneous differentiation from a chondritic composition.

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