Meteorites are samples of dozens of small planetary bodies that formed in the early Solar
System. They exhibit great petrologic diversity, ranging from primordial accretional …

Chondrules are millimeter-sized spherules that dominate primitive meteorites (chondrites)
originating from the asteroid belt. The incorporation of chondrules into asteroidal bodies …

We present the results of a Monte Carlo technique to calculate the absolute magnitudes (H)
and slope parameters (G) of∼ 240,000 asteroids observed by the Pan-STARRS1 telescope …

The number of asteroids with accurately determined orbits increases fast, and this increase
is also accelerating. The catalogs of asteroid physical observations have also increased …

Abstract Asteroid (101955) Bennu, the target of NASA's OSIRIS-REx sample return mission,
is a D≈ 0.5 km diameter low albedo near-Earth object. It has a spectral signature consistent …

Reflectance spectroscopy is a powerful tool for the investigation of the nature, history,
evolution, and relationships between asteroids and meteorites. This information provides a …

Aims. The present paper aims to derive a new classification scheme for SDSS MOC asteroid
colors that is compatible with previous taxonomies based on spectroscopic data. The …

Asteroid families, traditionally defined as clusters of objects in orbital parameter space, often
have distinctive optical colors. We show that the separation of family members from …

The terrestrial and lunar cratering rate is often assumed to have been nearly constant over
the past 3 Gyr. Different lines of evidence, however, suggest that the impact flux from …

Asteroid phase curves are used to derive fundamental physical properties through the
determination of the absolute magnitude H. The upcoming visible Legacy Survey of Space …