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View article: Searching for primitive, dark, spectrally red asteroid families in the main belt with Gaia
Searching for primitive, dark, spectrally red asteroid families in the main belt with Gaia Open
Dark asteroids with featureless neutral to red spectra are of particular interest due to their ability to potentially harbour primitive, hydrated, and possibly organic-rich material. These asteroids belong to the spectroscopic C-complex, t…
View article: Searching for primitive, dark, spectrally red asteroid families in the main belt with <i>Gaia</i>
Searching for primitive, dark, spectrally red asteroid families in the main belt with <i>Gaia</i> Open
Dark asteroids with featureless neutral to red spectra are of particular interest due to their ability to potentially harbour primitive, hydrated, and possibly organic-rich material. These asteroids belong to the spectroscopic C-complex, t…
View article: Optical Periscopic Imager for Comets (OPIC) Instrument for the Planned Comet Interceptor Mission
Optical Periscopic Imager for Comets (OPIC) Instrument for the Planned Comet Interceptor Mission Open
This poster presents an update on the development of the Optical Periscopic Imager for Comets (OPIC) instrument [1], which will be hosted on one of three spacecraft making up the Comet Interceptor ESA-JAXA mission [2]. OPIC is a compact ( …
View article: Kalliope sings rock and metal.
Kalliope sings rock and metal. Open
In the classical theory of planetesimal differentiation, a body would form an iron-rich core, an olivine-dominated mantle, and a pyroxene-rich basaltic crust [1]. The detection of differentiated bodies in the current asteroid main belt wil…
View article: Kalliope sings rock and metal
Kalliope sings rock and metal Open
Asteroid (22) Kalliope is the densest known asteroid in the main belt, with a density of $\rho = 4.4 \pm 0.46$ g cm$^{-3}$, suggesting that it is differentiated. Kalliope has recently been identified as the parent body of a family of colli…
View article: Kalliope: Discovery of the first metallic asteroid family
Kalliope: Discovery of the first metallic asteroid family Open
 In the classical theory of planetesimal differentiation, a body would form an iron-rich core, an olivine-dominated mantle, and a pyroxene-rich basaltic crust [1]. The detection of differentiated bodies in the current asteroid main be…