A number of distinct methodologies are available for determining the oxygen isotope
composition of minerals and rocks, these include laser-assisted fluorination, secondary ion …

Asteroids and comets are the remnants of the swarm of planetesimals from which the
planets ultimately formed, and they retain records of processes that operated prior to and …

Context. Until recently, the 3D shape, and therefore density (when combining the volume
estimate with available mass estimates), and surface topography of the vast majority of the …

Advancing technology in near-infrared instrumentation and dedicated planetary telescope
facilities have enabled nearly two decades of reconnoitering the spectral properties for near …

Context. The classification of the minor bodies of the Solar System based on observables
has been continuously developed and iterated over the past 40 yr. While prior iterations …

Meteorites provide a unique insight into early Solar System processes. However, to fully
interpret this record requires that these meteorites are related back to their source asteroids …

Understanding the origin of bright shooting stars and their meteorite samples is among the
most ancient of astronomy-related questions, which at larger scales has human …

Context. The Gaia mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) has been routinely
observing Solar System objects (SSOs) since the beginning of its operations in August 2014 …

Context. The populations of small bodies of the Solar System (asteroids, comets, Kuiper-Belt
objects) are used to constrain the origin and evolution of the Solar System. Both their orbital …

Understanding the formation of our planetary system requires identification of the materials
from which it originated and the accretion processes that produced the planets. The …