K-type

The Mineralogical Connection between M- and K-type Asteroids as Indicated by PolarimetryOPEN ACCESS

20/08/2025 23:33 · by karmaka · in asteroid, K-type, M-type, reflectance spectra, surface

Joseph R. Masiero, Yuna G. Kwon, Elena Selmi and Manaswi Kondapally The Planetary Science Journal, Volume 6, Number 8, Published 20 August 2025 LINK (OPEN ACCESS)PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Polarimetry has the capacity to provide a…

Spectral analogues of Barbarian asteroids among CO and CV chondritesOPEN ACCESS

06/06/2023 09:57 · by karmaka · in asteroid, carbonaceous chondrite, CO, CV, CV-oxA, CV-oxB, CV-red, K-type, L-type, reflectance spectra, surface

Max Mahlke, Jolantha Eschrig, Benoit Carry, Lydie Bonal, Pierre Beck Accepted for publication in Astronomy and Astrophysics PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “K- and L-type asteroids are considered to be the parent bodies of CV and CO…

Connecting Asteroids and Meteorites with visible and near-infrared spectroscopyOPEN ACCESS

01/03/2022 08:36 · by karmaka · in A-type, asteroid, brachinite, C-type, Ch-type, CM, CV, enstatite chondrite, H, HED achondrite, K-type, L, LL, meteorite, ordinary chondrite, pallasite, Q-type, R chondrite, reflectance spectra, S-type, V-type, Xc-type

Francesca E. DeMeo, Brian J. Burt, Michaël Marsset, David Polishook, Thomas H. Burbine, Benoît Carry, Richard P. Binzel, Pierre Vernazza, Vishnu Reddy, Michelle Tang, Cristina A. Thomas, Andrew S. Rivkin, Nicholas A. Moskovitz, Stephen M….

Diverse space weathering effects on asteroid surfaces as inferred via laser irradiation of meteoritesOPEN ACCESS

05/01/2022 10:09 · by karmaka · in asteroid, aubrite, carbonaceous chondrite, CM, CO, CV, E-type, enstatite chondrite, K-type, M-type, ordinary chondrite, reflectance spectra, S-type, space weathering, surface

P. Zhang, K. Tai, Y. Li, J. Zhang, C. Lantz, T. Hiroi, M. Matsuoka, S. Li, Y. Lin, Y. Wen, H. Han and X. Zeng A&A 659, A78 (2022)Received 5 November 2021 / Accepted 30…

Northwest Africa (NWA) 12563 and ungrouped C2 chondrites: Alteration styles and relationships to asteroidsOPEN ACCESS

03/07/2021 10:09 · by karmaka · in asteroid, carbonaceous chondrite, CM, K-type, OSIRIS-REx / 101955 Bennu, ungrouped

P.-M. Zanetta, B. Zanda, C.Le Guillou, J. Gattacceca, C. Sognzoni, S. Pont, L. Piani, T. Rigaudier, H. Leroux, R. Brunetto, R. Maupin, Z. Djouadi, S. Bernard, D. Deldicque, V. Malarewicz, Z. Dionnet, A. Aléon-Toppani, A….

Nature of bright C-complex asteroidsOPEN ACCESS

15/12/2020 06:56 · by karmaka · in asteroid, B-type, C-type, CV-CK, enstatite chondrite, K-type, parent body, reflectance spectra

Sunao Hasegawa, Toshihiro Kasuga, Fumihiko Usui, Daisuke Kuroda accepted for publication in PASJ PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Most C-complex asteroids have albedo values less than 0.1, but there are some high-albedo (bright) C-complex asteroids with albedo…

Spectral reflectance analysis of type 3 carbonaceous chondrites and search for their asteroidal parent bodiesOPEN ACCESS

30/09/2020 14:20 · by karmaka · in aqueous alteration, asteroid, carbonaceous chondrite, Cb-type, CO, CR, CV, K-type, L-type, parent body, reflectance spectra, S-type, thermal metamorphism, UOC

Jolantha Escrig, Lydie Bonal, Pierre Beck, Trygve Prestgard PDF (OPEN ACCESS) “Non-differentiated asteroids are among the most primitive objects in our Solar System, having escaped intense heating mechanisms. To help us understand the information contained…