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The steep red spectrum of 1992 AD - An asteroid covered with organic material?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.
Document ID
19920061074
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Fink, Uwe
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Hoffmann, Martin
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Grundy, William
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Hicks, Michael
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Sears, William
(Arizona, University Tucson, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
May 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 97
Issue: 1 Ma
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92A43698
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DFG-H0-1349/1-1
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-1549
CONTRACT_GRANT: NGT-50611
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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