The proposed Caroline ESA M3 mission to a Main Belt Comet
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DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2018.02.032
Abstract: We describe Caroline, a mission proposal submitted to the European Space Agency in 2010 in response to the Cosmic Visions M3 call for medium-sized missions. Caroline would have travelled to a Main Belt Comet (MBC),… read more here.
Keywords: mission; main belt; belt comet; caroline esa ... See more keywords
Olivine-dominated A-type asteroids in the main belt: Distribution, abundance and relation to families
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2018.12.016
Abstract: Abstract Differentiated asteroids are rare in the main asteroid belt despite evidence for ∼ 100 distinct differentiated bodies in the meteorite record. We have sought to understand why so few main-belt asteroids differentiated and where those… read more here.
Keywords: olivine dominated; abundance; main belt; belt ... See more keywords
The spectroscopic properties of the Lixiaohua family, cradle of Main Belt Comets
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2019.113473
Abstract: Abstract The Lixiaohua collisional family lies in the Outer Main Belt, close to the well characterized Themis primitive class family. It is one of the only three families that host two active asteroids that present… read more here.
Keywords: lixiaohua family; family; spectroscopic properties; main belt ... See more keywords
Accessibility of near-Earth asteroids and main-belt asteroids in a gravity-assisted multi-target mission
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DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2020.104851
Abstract: Abstract To maximize the science return of asteroid exploration, multi-target asteroid missions are preferred. In this paper, the accessibility of asteroids in a mission, including both near-Earth asteroid (NEA) sample return and main-belt asteroid (MBA)… read more here.
Keywords: mission; main belt; near earth; gravity ... See more keywords
Basaltic material in the main belt: a tale of two (or more) parent bodies?
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DOI: 10.1093/mnras/sty1565
Abstract: The majority of basaltic objects in the main belt are dynamically connected to Vesta, the largest differentiated asteroid known. Others, due to their current orbital parameters, cannot be easily dynamically linked to Vesta. This is… read more here.
Keywords: belt tale; material main; tale two; main belt ... See more keywords