Constraints on the Organic Component on Asteroid Surfaces

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Mar 1996

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1996lpi....27..235c&link_type=abstract

Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 235

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Asteroids, Organics, Spectroscopy

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The identification of organic molecules on candidate asteroid surfaces has been hampered by a number of factors, including low albedos, large heliocentric distances, and a general lack of detailed spectral-compositional information on candidate terrestrial organic materials. An ongoing program is designed to address this latter issue. Preliminary analysis of some candidate asteroid spectra in light of the laboratory data suggests that asteroidal organics are heterogeneous in terms of abundance and composition. To date, identification of organics [i.e, hydrocarbons (HC)] on asteroid surfaces has been restricted to 2 asteroids: 5145 Pholus and 130 Elektra. Other asteroids have been identified as possibly possessing other C-bearing molecules, but not necessarily HC.

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