Rotationally resolved spectroscopy of asteroid pairs: No spectral variation suggests fission is followed by settling of dust

The fission of an asteroid due to fast rotation can expose sub-surface material that was never previously exposed to any space weathering process. We examine the spectral properties of asteroid pairs that were disrupted in the last 2 million years to examine whether the site of the fission can be re...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Polishook, David, Moskovitz, Nicholas, DeMeo, Francesca E, Binzel, Richard P
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Elsevier 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/106602