Computer Science
Scientific paper
Jun 2008
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2008icar..195..649s&link_type=abstract
Icarus, Volume 195, Issue 2, p. 649-662.
Computer Science
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Scientific paper
Faint absorption bands in the visible range of the smoothed vestoid spectra have been found. The bands centered near 505, 530, and 550 nm are attributed to ferrous iron in low-calcium pyroxene and are typical for pyroxene-bearing vestoid surfaces. In accordance with characteristics of the faint absorption bands around 600 and 650 nm the studied vestoid spectra can be sorted into five types. Since the same absorptions are also seen in the laboratory spectra of the minerals and meteorites, which appear to be similar to vestoid material, spectral types of the vestoids can be related to their surface compositions. Regolith of the Type-I vestoids consists of pure low-calcium pyroxenes. Minor amount of olivine along with pyroxene appear to be on the Type-II vestoids whereas the mixtures of low-calcium pyroxene with minor chromite define the Type-III and -IV. The causes for the fifth spectral type in terms of minor mineral phases are unclear now. Simulation of the spectra of vestoids was employed to estimate content of olivine (˜6 12 vol%) and chromite (˜12 30 vol%) on their surfaces.
Gasanova L. O.
Golubeva L. F.
Khomenko V. M.
McFadden Lucy-Ann A.
Shestopalov D. I.
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