The steep red spectrum of 1992 AD - an asteroid covered with organic material?

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May 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992icar...97..145f&link_type=abstract

Icarus (ISSN 0019-1035), vol. 97, no. 1, May 1992, p. 145-149.

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

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Asteroids, Meteoritic Composition, Organic Materials, Spectral Reflectance, Visible Spectrum, Allotropy, Astronomical Spectroscopy, Solar System, Sulfur

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The CCD spectrometer reflection spectrum of 1992 AD is characterized by a very steep and constant red slope between 0.5 and 1.0 micron, without absorption or emission features; this slope is steeper than any currently known solar-system object, and cannot be readily matched with conventional silicate or meteoritic materials. Mixtures of tholins, or residues of organic molecules' bombardment by energetic radiation, are suggested as a match for this spectrum.

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