Astrophysical: Asteroids

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    Monitoring of asteroids in cometary orbits and activated asteroids through archival images and new observations
    Context. Transitional objects are minor bodies that share some characteristics with asteroids and others with comets. These objects include asteroids in...
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    More than 160 near Earth asteroids observed in the EURONEAR network
    Context. The EUROpean Near Earth Asteroid Research (EURONEAR) is a network which envisions to bring some European contributions into the general context traced...
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    Morphology and spectral properties of the DART impact ejecta with VLT/MUSE
    Context. On September 26, 2022, the NASA DART mission impacted the asteroid Dimorphos, the smaller component of the Didymos binary asteroid system. This...
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    Multivariable statistical analysis of spectrophotometry and spectra of (162173) Ryugu as observed by JAXA Hayabusa2 mission
    Context. Starting from late June 2018, the JAXA asteroid sample return mission Hayabusa2 acquired a large quantity of resolved images and spectra of the surface...
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    Nailing Bennu's colors to the mast: new findings on the origin of this primitive body
    Science magazine, in a special collection on asteroid Bennu, has published the results of the analysis of photometric-spectrum color variations on the surface...
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    Near Infrared Spectra of two Asteroids with low Tisserand Invariant
    We present near infrared reflectance spectra from 0.8 to 2.5 μm of two asteroids with low Tisserand invariant, 1373 Cincinnati and 2906 Caltech. We compare our...
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    Near to Mid-infrared Spectroscopy of (65803) Didymos as Observed by JWST: Characterization Observations Supporting the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
    The Didymos binary asteroid was the target of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which intentionally impacted Dimorphos, the smaller member of...
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    Near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon: Characterization of its orbit, spin state, and thermophysical parameters
    Context. The near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon is an intriguing object: its perihelion is at only 0.14 au and is associated with the Geminid meteor stream...
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    Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton Telescope
    Context. The population of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) shows a large variety of objects in terms of physical and dynamical properties. They are subject to...