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How to find metal-rich asteroids — a NEOShield study

Harris, A.W. und Drube, Line (2014) How to find metal-rich asteroids — a NEOShield study. ACM 2014, 2014-06-30 - 2014-07-04, Helsinki, Finland.

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The metal content of asteroids is of great interest, not only for theories of their origins and the evolution of the Solar System but, in the case of near-Earth objects (NEOs), also for impact mitigation planning and endeavors in the field of planetary resources. However, since the reflection spectra of metallic asteroids are largely featureless, it is difficult to identify them and relatively few are known. Furthermore, due to their robustness and ability to survive passage through the atmosphere, metallic objects are disproportionately well represented in meteorite collections on the Earth. Understanding the true number of metal-rich objects in the Solar System remains as a longstanding problem. With reference to radar albedos and taxonomic classifications, we show that data from the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE)/NEOWISE thermal-infrared survey and similar surveys, fitted with a simple thermal model, can reveal asteroids likely to be metal rich. Objects revealed in this way should become priority targets for further optical, thermal-infrared and radar observations, and thermophysical modeling, in order to improve our knowledge of the factors governing NEO thermal and spectral properties, especially metal content. An important implication of our work is that there are many more metal-rich asteroids waiting to be identified. Future infrared surveys, equipped with sensors operating at multiple thermally-dominated infrared wavelengths, could therefore provide valuable information not only for assessment of the impact hazard, but also on the potential of NEOs as reservoirs of valuable materials for future interplanetary space activities and, eventually perhaps, for use on the Earth. A first paper describing this work has recently been published: Harris, A. W. & Drube, L., 2014, Astrophys. J., 785, L4. Acknowledgements: The research leading to these results has received funding from the European Union’s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no. 282703 (NEOShield Project

elib-URL des Eintrags:https://elib.dlr.de/89974/
Dokumentart:Konferenzbeitrag (Vortrag)
Zusätzliche Informationen:NEOShield Project
Titel:How to find metal-rich asteroids — a NEOShield study
Autoren:
AutorenInstitution oder E-Mail-AdresseAutoren-ORCID-iDORCID Put Code
Harris, A.W.alan.harris (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8548-8268NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Drube, LineLine.Drube (at) dlr.dehttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2486-8894NICHT SPEZIFIZIERT
Datum:Juli 2014
Referierte Publikation:Nein
Open Access:Ja
Gold Open Access:Nein
In SCOPUS:Nein
In ISI Web of Science:Nein
Status:veröffentlicht
Stichwörter:asteroids, metal, metallic asteroids, M-types
Veranstaltungstitel:ACM 2014
Veranstaltungsort:Helsinki, Finland
Veranstaltungsart:internationale Konferenz
Veranstaltungsbeginn:30 Juni 2014
Veranstaltungsende:4 Juli 2014
HGF - Forschungsbereich:Luftfahrt, Raumfahrt und Verkehr
HGF - Programm:Raumfahrt
HGF - Programmthema:Erforschung des Weltraums
DLR - Schwerpunkt:Raumfahrt
DLR - Forschungsgebiet:R EW - Erforschung des Weltraums
DLR - Teilgebiet (Projekt, Vorhaben):R - Exploration des Sonnensystems
Standort: Berlin-Adlershof
Institute & Einrichtungen:Institut für Planetenforschung > Leitungsbereich PF
Hinterlegt von: Drube, Line
Hinterlegt am:15 Aug 2014 13:06
Letzte Änderung:24 Apr 2024 19:55

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