Design of an in-situ science mission to a Jupiter Trojan
Michael Khan, Olivier Witasse, Waldemar Martens, Arnaud Boutonnet LINK Planetary and Space ScienceAvailable online 4 December 2022, “The NASA mission Lucy, launched in 2021, will perform flybys at several Jupiter Trojan asteroids. The logical next…
Salt – A critical material to consider when exploring the solar system
M.R.M. Izawa, P.L. King, P. Vernazza, J.A. Berger, W.A. McCutcheon IcarusAvailable online 20 January 2021 LINK “Highlights • Mid-IR spectra of mixtures of salt and E, C, and O chondrites are reported.• Intimate mixtures of…
A note on cement in asteroids
G. Bilalbegovic accepted for publications in Icarus PDF (open access) abstract “Cement mineral tobermorite was formed in hydrothermal experiments on alternation of calcium-aluminum-rich inclusions (CAIs) in carbonaceous chondrite meteorites. Unidentified bands at 14 microns were…
