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Scientific paper
Feb 2004
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004icar..167..360c&link_type=abstract
Icarus, Volume 167, Issue 2, p. 360-368.
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Asteroids, Composition, Vesta, Spectrophotometry, Asteroids
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We present spectral observations of Minor Planet 4 Vesta, of five V-type asteroids which are physically near Vesta, and of two V-type NEAs. We use these spectra to determine the presence or absence of a weak feature at 506.5 nm which is indicative of the presence of spin-forbidden Fe2+ in sixfold coordination. As with our earlier observations [Cochran and Vilas, Icarus 134 (1998) 207-212], we find this feature at all observed rotational phases of Vesta and again see the trend that spectra at longitudes between 240° and 360° have a smaller 506.5 nm feature equivalent width than spectra obtained at other longitudes. Additionally, we searched for this feature in V-class main-belt and NEA asteroids and positively detected the feature in main-belt Asteroid 2579 Spartacus and possibly in 3376 Armandhammer. The other objects lacked the feature. Our results are compared with previous observations of this feature by Vilas et al. [Icarus 147 (2000) 119-128]. The spatial distribution of the bodies as a function of the presence of this feature was investigated. We discuss the implication of the presence of this feature and the depth of the 0.9 μm pyroxene band for the scenario that pieces of Vesta were transported, via the 3:1 and ν6 resonances, to the NEAs, and thence to inclusion in our meteorite collections as HED meteorites.
Cochran Anita L.
Jarvis Kandy S.
Kelley Michael S.
Vilas Faith
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