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Chemical and mineralogical composition of Asteroid and Kuiper Belt objects

Chemical and mineralogical composition of Asteroid and Kuiper Belt objects. Group 4. Asteroid and Kuiper Belt. 120,000 asteroids Limited knowledge of Kuiper Belt objects. Scientific objectives. Solar system formation Asteroid migration Late bombardment theory. Asteroid 433 Eros.

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Chemical and mineralogical composition of Asteroid and Kuiper Belt objects

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  1. Chemical and mineralogical composition of Asteroid and Kuiper Belt objects Group 4

  2. Asteroid and Kuiper Belt • 120,000 asteroids • Limited knowledge of Kuiper Belt objects

  3. Scientific objectives • Solar system formation • Asteroid migration • Late bombardment theory

  4. Asteroid 433 Eros

  5. Mineralogical composition 433 Eros

  6. Reflective spectra of asteroids Reflection spectra of several bright asteroids, labelled by asteroid number

  7. Method • Reflective spectra of meteorites • Solar weathering + • Reflective spectra of ice fit • Observed spectra

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