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Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid (4179) Toutatis

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics 2015-06-11 v1 Geophysics Space Physics
Authors: Vishnu Reddy , Juan Andreas Sanchez , Michael Gaffey , Paul Abell , Lucille Le Corre , Paul Hardersen
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Abstract

Surface composition of near-Earth asteroid (4179) Toutatis is consistent with an undifferentiated L-chondrite composition. This is inconsistent with early observations that suggested high pyroxene iron content and a differentiated body.

Keywords

near-Earth asteroid Toutatis surface composition L-chondrite undifferentiated body pyroxene differentiated body

Cite

@article{arxiv.1210.2853,
  title  = {Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid (4179) Toutatis},
  author = {Vishnu Reddy and Juan Andreas Sanchez and Michael Gaffey and Paul Abell and Lucille Le Corre and Paul Hardersen},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.2853},
  year   = {2015}
}

Comments

15 pages, 2 figures 1 table. Accepted for publication in Icarus

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