Probing the surface environment of large T-type asteroids. (arXiv:2206.11672v1 [astro-ph.EP])
Probing the surface environment of large T-type asteroids. (arXiv:2206.11672v1 [astro-ph.EP]) <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Kwon_Y/0/1/0/all/0/1">Yuna G. Kwon</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Hasegawa_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sunao Hasegawa</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Fornasier_S/0/1/0/all/0/1">Sonia Fornasier</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Ishiguro_M/0/1/0/all/0/1">Masateru Ishiguro</a>, <a href="http://arxiv.org/find/astro-ph/1/au:+Agarwal_J/0/1/0/all/0/1">Jessica Agarwal</a> We probed the surface environment of large ($>$80 km in diameter) T-type asteroids, a taxonomic type relatively ill-constrained as an independent group, and discussed their place of origin. We performed spectroscopic observations of two T-type asteroids, (96) Aegle and (570) Kythera, over 2.8–4.0 $mu$m using the Subaru telescope. With other T-types’ spectra available in the literature and survey datasets, we strove to find commonalities and global trends in this group. We also utilised the asteroids’ polarimetric data and meteoriteRead More →