High surface porosity as the origin of emissivity features in asteroid spectra
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2012
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Vernazza, P
Delbo, M
King, Penelope
Izawa, M
Olofsson, J
Lamy, P
Cipriani, F
Binzel, R
Marchis, F
Merin, B
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Academic Press
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Emission features in the mid-IR domain (7-25 μm) are quite ubiquitous among large asteroids and therefore offer the potential to uncover their surface composition. However, when comparing these spectra with the actual laboratory spectra of both minerals
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Keywords: Asteroids; Composition; Infrared observations; Meteorites; Regoliths
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Icarus
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