AGU Advances VOL.5 ISSUE 2 | 27 February 2024
A Post‐Launch Summary of the Science of NASA's Psyche Mission
Steven D. Dibb + Erik Asphaug + James F. Bell ...
Astronomical observations indicate that asteroid (16) Psyche is a large, high‐density (likely >3,400 kg·m−3), metal‐rich (30–55 vol. %)...
AGU23 | 14 December 2023
Science Overview of the Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt
Hoor Abdelrahman AlMazmi + Margaret E Landis + Paul Ottinger Hayne ...
The Emirates Mission to the Asteroid Belt (EMA) is a main belt asteroid tour that will fly by 6 asteroids and rendezvous with the seventh. The mission will visit a diverse...
AGU23 | 13 December 2023
Physics Simulation-Based Study on the Shapes of Rubble-Pile Asteroids Formed from Rigid Fragments
Tatsunori Tsunoda + Naru Hirata
There are various shapes of rubble-pile asteroids. Ryugu and Bennu have a nearly rotationally symmetric top shape, while Itokawa has an elongated shape. Ground-based telescope...
Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets VOL.129 ISSUE 4 | 10 April 2024
Nanoscale Spectroscopic Identification and Characterization of Minerals and Organic Matter in Ryugu Particles
Yesiltas + Durmaz + Kebukawa ...
Carbonaceous asteroids are leftover materials from the early solar system. They did not undergo planetary differentiation processes and thus still retained signatures and...
AGU23 | 13 December 2023
UV-Visible Spectral Characteristics of Primitive Asteroids: Links to Hydration History?
Amanda R Hendrix + Faith Vilas
UV-visible wavelength spectroscopy indicates tantalizing differences among the sub-classes of the primitive types of asteroids: the C-complex subclasses B-, Cgh- and Ch-types...