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Spectral Characterization of Analog Samples in Anticipation of OSIRIS-REx's Arrival at BennuNASA's Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission successfully launched on September 8th, 2016. During its rendezvous with near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu beginning in 2018, OSIRIS-REx will characterize the asteroid's physical, mineralogical, and chemical properties in an effort to globally map the properties of Bennu, a primitive carbonaceous asteroid, and choose a sampling location]. In preparation for these observations, analog samples were spectrally characterized across visible, near- and thermal-infrared wavelengths and were used in initial tests on mineral-phase-detection and abundance-determination software algorithms.
Document ID
20170002381
Acquisition Source
Johnson Space Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Donaldson Hanna, K. L.
(Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Schrader, D. L.
(Arizona State Univ. Tempe, AZ, United States)
Bowles, N. E.
(Oxford Univ. Oxford, United Kingdom)
Clark, B. E.
(Ithaca Coll. Ithaca, NY, United States)
Cloutis, E. A.
(Winnipeg Univ. Manitoba, Canada)
Connolly, H. C., Jr.
(Rowan Univ. Glassboro, NJ, United States)
Hamilton, V. E.
(Southwest Research Inst. Houston, TX, United States)
Keller, L. P.
(NASA Johnson Space Center Houston, TX, United States)
Lauretta, D. S.
(Arizona Univ. Tucson, AZ, United States)
Lim, L. F.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
McCoy, T. J.
(Smithsonian Institution Amado, AZ, United States)
Date Acquired
March 20, 2017
Publication Date
April 10, 2017
Subject Category
Astronomy
Lunar And Planetary Science And Exploration
Report/Patent Number
JSC-CN-38482
Meeting Information
Meeting: Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 2017
Location: Montevideo
Country: Uruguay
Start Date: April 10, 2017
End Date: April 14, 2017
Sponsors: Lunar and Planetary Inst., Universities Space Research Association
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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