Are There Pyroxenes on A-Asteroid Surfaces?
Abstract
The 500-nm absorption feature in the reflectance spectra of the A-asteroids 289 Nenetta and 446 Aeternitas indicates that pyroxenes are present on these asteroids. By the "olivine minimum" of the 500-nm band we estimated that olivine for these asteroids contains approximately 55 wt.% forsterite.
- Publication:
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37th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2006
- Bibcode:
- 2006LPI....37.1228G