A Guide to Asteroid-Meteorite Spectral Links

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Journal of Deep Space Exploration ›› 2019, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (5) : 437-447. DOI: 10.15982/j.issn.2095-7777.2019.05.004

Topic: Science and Supporting Technology of Small-Boby Exploration

A Guide to Asteroid-Meteorite Spectral Links

Daniel T. Britt

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There are 24 asteroid spectral types in the Bus-DeMeo spectral classification system and about 27 meteorite mineralogical types. The spectral links between asteroids and meteorites vary a lot in quality and reliability because of challenges with the lack of diagnostic features in some mineralogies and the effects of space weathering. I will review what can be learned remotely from visible and near-infrared spectroscopy about asteroid mineralogy and how to understand asteroid spectral identifications from a geologist's point of view.

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asteroids / spectroscopy / mineralogy / space weathering / classification

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Daniel T. Britt. A Guide to Asteroid-Meteorite Spectral Links. Journal of Deep Space Exploration, 2019, 6(5): 437‒447 https://doi.org/10.15982/j.issn.2095-7777.2019.05.004

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