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), Takahiro Hiroi (Brown Univ), Naoya Imae (NIPR), Akira Yamaguchi (NIPR), Hideyasu Kojima (NIPR)

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The present results indicate that NIRS3 is able to determine the dehydration degree of carbonaceous chondrites and therefore is applicable to 1999JU3 observation.