Active Asteroid (6478) Gault: A Blue Q-type Surface below the Dust?

We present near-infrared spectroscopy of the sporadically active asteroid (6478)Gault collected on the 3 m NASA/Infrared Telescope Facility observatory in late 2019 March/early April. Long-exposure imaging with the 0.5 m Near Earth Environment Monitoring T05 telescope and previously published data s...

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Main Authors: Marsset, Michaël, DeMeo, Francesca E, Sonka, Adrian, Birlan, Mirel, Polishook, David, Burt, Brian, Binzel, Richard P, Bus, Shelte J., Thomas, Cristina
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Astronomical Society 2021
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/124492.2