Forging Asteroid-Meteorite Relationships Through Reflectance Spectroscopy

Burbine, T. H.; Binzel, R. P.; Bus, S. J.; Buchanan, P. C.; Hinrichs, J. L.; Meibom, A.; Hiroi, T.; Sunshine, J. M.

Near-infrared spectra were obtained for 196 asteroids as part of SMASSIR. SMASSIR focused on observing asteroids assumed to be one of the following: (1) olivine-rich, (2) objects with "Vesta-like spectra" (the "Vestoids"), and (3) postulated meteorite parent bodies.

Document ID

20000080717

Document Type

Conference Paper

Authors

Burbine, T. H. (Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC United States)

Binzel, R. P. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA United States)

Bus, S. J. (Massachusetts Inst. of Tech. Cambridge, MA United States)

Buchanan, P. C. (NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX United States)

Hinrichs, J. L. (Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI United States)

Meibom, A. (Hawaii Univ. Honolulu, HI United States)

Hiroi, T. (Brown Univ. Providence, RI United States)

Sunshine, J. M. (Science Applications International Corp. Chantilly, VA United States)

Date Acquired

August 19, 2013

Publication Date

March 1, 2000

Publication Information

Publication: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXI

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