Role of spectral resolution for infrared asteroid compositional analysis using meteorite spectraOPEN ACCESS
A. Skulteti, A. Kereszturi, Zs. Kereszty, B. Pal, M. Szabo, F. Cipriani Accepted in MNRAS for publication on May 22nd, 2020 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “In this work the potential mineral identification of meteorites is analysed…
Visible–near infrared spectral indices for mapping mineralogy and chemistry with OSIRIS‐REx
Hannah H. Kaplan, Victoria E. Hamilton, Ellen S. Howell, Scott F. Anderson, M. Antonella Barrucci, John Brucato, Thomas H. Burbine, Beth E. Clark, Ed A. Cloutis, Harold C. Connolly Jr., Elisabetta Dotto, Joshua P. Emery,…
Observations, meteorites, and models: A pre‐flight assessment of the composition and formation of (16) Psyche
L.T. Elkins‐Tanton, E. Asphaug, J. F. Bell III, H. Bercovici, B. Bills, R. Binzel, W. F. Bottke, S. Dibb, D. J. Lawrence, S. Marchi, T. J. McCoy, R. Oran, R. S. Park, P. N. Peplowski,…
Linking asteroids and meteorites to the primordial planetesimal populationOPEN ACCESS
Richard C. Greenwood, Thomas H. Burbine, Ian A. Franchi Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta In Press, Journal Pre-proof, Available online 11 February 2020 LINK (OPEN ACCESS) PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Meteorites provide a unique insight into early…
Space weathering by simulated micrometeorite bombardment on natural olivine and pyroxene: A coordinated IR and TEM study
Iris Weber, Aleksandra N. Stojic, Andreas Morlok, Maximilian P. Reitze, Kathrin Markus, Harald Hiesinger, Sergey G. Pavlov, Richard Wirth, Anja Schreiber, Martin Sohn, Heinz-Wilhelm Hübers, Jörn Helbert Earth and Planetary Science Letters In Press, Corrected…
Spectral and chemical effects of simulated space weathering of the Murchison CM2 carbonaceous chondrite
M.S. Thompson, M.J. Loeffler, R.V. Morris, L.P. Keller, R. Christoffersen Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 18 September 2018 LINK “Highlights • Space weathering of a carbonaceous chondrite simulated via pulsed laser irradiation •…
Hyperspectral FTIR imaging of irradiated carbonaceous meteorites
R. Brunetto, C. Lantz, Z. Dionnet, F. Borondics, A. Aléon-Toppani, D. Baklouti, M.A. Barucci, R.P. Binzel, Z. Djouadi, K. Kitazato, C. Pilorget Planetary and Space Science Available online 8 May 2018 LINK “Highlights • We…
Effects of Space Weathering on Reflectance Spectra of Ureilites: A Proof-of-Concept Study
Goodrich C. A. Gillis-Davis J. Cloutis E. Applin D. Hibbits C. Klima R. Christoffersen R. Fries M. Decker S. 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6224] abstract “Space weathering and spectral studies of…
The Thermal History of CI and CM Chondrites and Their Relationship to Primitive Asteroid Surfaces
King A. J. * Maturilli A. Schofield P. F. Helbert J. Russell S. S. abstract (PDF) 80th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society 2017 [#6220] “Heated CI and CM chondrites are likely to be excellcent…
New candidates for active asteroids: main-belt (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (1474) Beira, and near-Earth (162173) RyuguOPEN ACCESS
Vladimir V. Busarev, Andrei B. Makalkin, Faith Vilas, Sergey I. Barabanov, Marina P. Scherbina submitted to Icarus 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “For the first time, spectral signs of subtle coma activity were observed for four…
The compositional diversity of non-Vesta basaltic asteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Thomas B. Leith, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Rhiannon G. Mayne, Francesca E. DeMeo, Driss Takir, Brian J. Burt, Richard P. Binzel, Dimitra Pefkou Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 11 May 2017 PDF (OPEN ACCESS)…
Vis-IR Reflectance Spectroscopy of Hydrous Carbonaceous Chondrites with Variable Heating and Dehydration Degrees
M. Matsuoka, T. Nakamura, N. Miyajima, N. Imae, A. Yamaguchi, H. Kojima 48th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference (2017), Abstract #2050 LINK
Simulated Space Weathering of Fe- and Mg-rich Aqueously Altered Minerals Using Pulsed Laser IrradiationOPEN ACCESS
H.M. Kaluna, H.A. Ishii, J.P. Bradley, J.J. Gillis-Davis, P.G. Lucey Update (2 Jan 17): PDF (OPEN ACCESS) Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 29 December 2016 LINK “Highlights • We simulate space weathering on…
Hungaria Asteroid Region Telescopic Spectral Survey (HARTSS) I: Stony Asteroids Abundant in the Hungaria Background Population
Michael P. Lucas, Joshua P. Emery, Noemi Pinilla-Alonso, Sean S. Lindsay, Vania Lorenzi Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 5 November 2016 LINK “Highlights • HARTSS describes taxonomy, mineralogy, and meteorite analogs of Hungaria…
Numerical determination of visible/NIR optical constants from laboratory spectra of HED meteorites
Jorge A.G. Davalos, Jorge Márcio Carvano, Julio Blanco Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 21 October 2016 LINK “Highlights • Optical constants from reflectance spectra of meteorite samples are retrieved. • The method uses…
Material composition assessment and discovering sublimation activity on asteroids 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779 Nina, and 1474 Beira
V. V. Busarev , S. I. Barabanov, V. B. Puzin Solar System Research July 2016, Volume 50, Issue 4, pp 281-293 First online: 23 July 2016 LINK “Spectrophotometric observations of 145 Adeona, 704 Interamnia, 779…
Characterization of asteroid analogues by means of emission and reflectance spectroscopy in the 1- to 100-µm spectral rangeOPEN ACCESS
Alessandro Maturilli, Jörn Helbert, Sabrina Ferrari, Björn Davidsson and Mario D’Amore Earth, Planets and Space 2016 68:113 DOI: 10.1186/s40623-016-0489-y Published: 11 July 2016 PDF (OPEN ACCESS) HTML (OPEN ACCESS) “The last decades have seen a…
Identification and Discrimination of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons Using Raman Spectroscopy
Edward Cloutis, Paul Szymanski, Daniel Applin, Douglas Goltz Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 4 April 2016 LINK “Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are widely present throughout the solar system and beyond. They have been…
The Red Edge Problem in asteroid band parameter analysis.
Lindsay, S. S., Dunn, T. L., Emery, J. P. and Bowles, N. E. Meteoritics & Planetary Science. doi: 10.1111/maps.12611 LINK “Near-infrared reflectance spectra of S-type asteroids contain two absorptions at 1 and 2 μm (band…
New reflectance spectra of 40 asteroids: A comparison with the previous results and an interpretation
V. V. Busarev Solar System Research January 2016, Volume 50, Issue 1, pp 13-23 First online: 22 January 2016 (Original Russian Text © V.V. Busarev, 2016, published in Astronomicheskii Vestnik, 2016, Vol. 50, No. 1,…
Spectral variability on primitive asteroids of the Themis and Beagle families: space weathering effects or parent body heterogeneity? (updated: Jan. 21)
S. Fornasier, C. Lantz, D. Perna, H. Campins, M.A. Barucci, D. Nesvorny Icarus Available online 15 January 2016 Last update (21 January 2016): PDF (open access) LINK “Themis is an old and statistically robust asteroid…
Spectral characterization of V-type asteroids – II. A statistical analysis
S. Ieva, E. Dotto, D. Lazzaro, D. Perna, D. Fulvio4 and M. Fulchignoni MNRAS (January 21, 2016) 455 (3): 2871-2888. doi: 10.1093/mnras/stv2510 First published online November 25, 2015 LINK “In recent years, several small basaltic…
Effects of viewing geometry, aggregation state, and particle size on reflectance spectra of the Murchison CM2 chondrite deconvolved to Dawn FC band passes
Matthew R.M. Izawa, Tanja Schäfer, Valerie B. Pietrasz, Edward A. Cloutis, Paul Mann, Andreas Nathues, Kurt Mengel, Michael Schäfer, Guneshwar Thangjam, Martin Hoffmann, Kimberly T. Tait, Daniel M. Applin Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available…
Space Weathering Trends Among Carbonaceous AsteroidsOPEN ACCESS
Heather M. Kaluna, Joseph R. Masiero, Karen J. Meech accepted for publication in Icarus PDF (full text) abstract “We present visible spectroscopic and albedo data of the 2.3 Gyr old Themis family and the 15…
Spectral calibration for deriving surface mineralogy of Asteroid (25143) Itokawa from Hayabusa Near-Infrared Spectrometer (NIRS) Data
Megha Bhatt, Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre, Juan A. Sanchez, Tasha Dunn, Matthew R.M. Izawa, Jian-Yang Li, Kris J. Becker, Lynn Weller Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 2 September 2015 LINK
Spectrophotometry of (32) Pomona, (145) Adeona, (704) Interamnia, (779) Nina, (330825) 2008 XE3, and 2012 QG42 and laboratory study of possible analog samples
Vladimir V. Busarev, Sergey I. Barabanov, Vyacheslav S. Rusakov, Vasiliy B. Puzin, Valery V. Kravtsov Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 8 August 2015 LINK
Composition of Potentially Hazardous Asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: An H Chondrite from the Outer Asteroid Belt
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Melissa Dykhuis, Sean Lindsay, Lucille Le Corre Accepted for publication in APJ PDF (full text) abstract
Near-ultraviolet Bluing after Space Weathering of Silicates and Meteorites
Z. Kanuchova, R. Brunetto, D. Fulvio, G. Strazzulla Icarus In Press, Accepted Manuscript, Available online 26 June 2015 LINK
The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt
Francesca E. DeMeo, Conel M. O’D. Alexander, Kevin J. Walsh, Clark R. Chapman, Richard P. Binzel Accepted chapter in Asteroids IV in the Space Science Series to be published Fall 2015 PDF (full text) abstract
Toward an Understanding of Phyllosilicate Mineralogy in the Outer Main Asteroid Belt
Driss Takir, Joshua P. Emery, Harry Y. McSween Icarus available online 13 May 2015 doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.04.042 LINK Proposed mineralogical linkages between CM/CI carbonaceous chondrites and outer Main Belt asteroids remain uncertain due to a dearth of…
Mineralogy and Surface Composition of Asteroids
Vishnu Reddy, Tasha L. Dunn, Cristina A. Thomas, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Thomas H. Burbine Chapter to appear in the Space Science Series Book: Asteroids IV PDF LINK (full text) LINK
A new investigation of hydration in the M-type asteroids
Z.A. Landsman, H. Campins, N. Pinilla-Alonso, J. Hanuš, V. Lorenzi Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2015.01.021 available online 2 February 2015 LINK
Asteroid (354) eleonora: Plucking an odd duck
Michael J. Gaffey, Vishnu Reddy, Sherry-Fieber-Beyer, Edward Cloutis Icarus doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2014.12.036 available online 9 January 2015 LINK
The potentially hazardous asteroid (214869) 2007 PA8: an unweathered L chondrite analogue surface
S. Fornasier, I.N. Belskaya, D. Perna Icarus, available online 17 December 2014 LINK
Reflectance spectra measurement of hydrated and dehydrated carbonaceous chondrites using the Near Infrared Spectrometer on Hayabusa 2 spacecraft
Tomoki Nakamura (Tohoku Univ), Takahiro Iwata (JAXA), Kohei Kitasato (Univ of Aizu), Masanao Abe (JAXA), Takahito Osawa (JAEA), Moe Matsuoka (Tohoku Univ), Yusuke Nakauchi (JAXA), Takehiko Arai (JAXA), Mutsumi Komatsu (Graduate Univ for Advanced Studies),…
Can We Distinguish Between Shock-Darkened and Space-Weathered Asteroids?
Kohout, Tomas; Penttila, Antti; Gritsevich, Maria; Britt, Daniel; Reddy, Vishnu; Mann, Paul; Haloda, Jakub; Halodova, Patricie; Grokhovsky, Viktor; Yakovlev, Grigoriy; Cuda, Jan; Filip, Jan; Muinonen, Karri; Zboril, Radek American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #46, #506.02…
Linear spectropolarimetry: a new diagnostic tool for the classification and characterization of asteroids
Bagnulo S, Cellino A,Sterzik MF (2014) Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society MNRAS (January 01, 2015) 446 (1): L11-L15. doi: first published online October 22, 2014 LINK
Aqueous Alteration on Asteroids: Linking the Mineralogy and Spectroscopy of CM and CI Chondrites
M.M. McAdam, J.M. Sunshine, K.T. Howard, T.M. McCoy Icarus DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.09.041 LINK Abstract CM/CI meteorites range in degree of aqueous alteration suggesting differences in initially accreted materials including water ice and possible spatial heterogeneities within…
Selecting asteroids for a targeted spectroscopic survey
D.A. Oszkiewicz, T. Kwiatkowski, T. Tomov, M. Birlan, S. Geier, A. Penttilä, M. Polińska Earth and Planetary Astrophysics (astro-ph.EP) arXiv:1408.4288, submitted 19 Aug 2014
Chelyabinsk meteorite explains unusual spectral properties of Baptistina Asteroid Family
Vishnu Reddy et al. Icarus Volume 237, 15 July 2014, Pages 116–130 LINK
Space weathering of silicate regoliths with various FeO contents: New insights from laser irradiation experiments and theoretical spectral simulations
Moroz LV, Starukhina LV, Rout SS, Sasaki S, Jörn Helbert J, Baither D, Bischoff B and Hiesinger H (2014) Icarus Volume 235, June 2014, Pages 187–206 LINK
Aqueous alteration on main belt primitive asteroids: results from visible spectroscopy
Fornasier S, Lantz C, Barucci MA and Lazzarin M. Icarus Volume 233, 1 May 2014, Pages 163–178 LINK
Near-infrared Spectroscopy of 3:1 Kirkwood Gap Asteroids II: Probable and Plausible Parent Bodies; Primitive and Differentiated
Fieber-Beyer SK and Gaffey MJ Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 99–108 LINK
Transmission infrared spectra (2-25 microns) of carbonaceous chondrites (CI, CM, CV-CK, CR, C2 ungrouped): mineralogy, water, and asteroidal processes
Beck P, Garenne A, Quirico E, Bonal L, Montes-Hernandez G, Moynier F and Schmitt B Icarus Volume 229, February 2014, Pages 263–277 LINK
Mineralogy, reflectance spectra, and physical properties of the Chelyabinsk LL5 chondrite – insight into shock-induced changes in asteroid regoliths
Kohout T, Gritsevich M, Grokhovsky VI, Yakovlev GA, Haloda J, Halodova P, Michallik RM, Penttilä A and Muinonen K Icarus Volume 228, 15 January 2014, Pages 78–85 LINK
