Rocks with Extremely Low Thermal Inertia at the OSIRIS-REx Sample Site on Asteroid Bennu

The Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer (OSIRIS-REx) mission recently returned a sample of rocks and dust collected from asteroid Bennu. We analyzed the highest-resolution thermal data obtained by the OSIRIS-REx Thermal Emission Spectrometer (OTE...

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Main Authors: Andrew J. Ryan, Benjamin Rozitis, Daniel Pino Munoz, Kris J. Becker, Joshua P. Emery, Michael C. Nolan, Marc Bernacki, Marco Delbo, Catherine M. Elder, Matthew Siegler, Erica R. Jawin, Dathon R. Golish, Kevin J. Walsh, Christopher W. Haberle, Carina A. Bennett, Kenneth L. Edmundson, Victoria E. Hamilton, Phillip R. Christensen, Michael G. Daly, Dante S. Lauretta
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:The Planetary Science Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3847/PSJ/ad2dff