High surface porosity as the origin of emissivity features in asteroid spectra

Vernazza, P; Delbo, M; King, Penelope; Izawa, M; Olofsson, J; Lamy, P; Cipriani, F; Binzel, R; Marchis, F; Merin, B; Tamanai, A

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High surface porosity as the origin of emissivity features in asteroid spectra

Date

2012

Authors

Vernazza, P

Delbo, M

King, Penelope

Izawa, M

Olofsson, J

Lamy, P

Cipriani, F

Binzel, R

Marchis, F

Merin, B

Publisher

Academic Press

Abstract

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