The Compositional Structure of the Asteroid Belt

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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