Space weathering, grain size, and metamorphic heating effects on ordinary chondrite spectral reflectance parameters

EM MacLennan, JP Emery, MP Lucas… - … & Planetary Science, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The exposure to irradiation from high‐energy particles alters the reflectance properties of
asteroid surfaces and is referred to as space weathering. This process leads to an increase …

A new method for deriving composition of S-type asteroids from noisy and incomplete near-infrared spectra

JA Sanchez, C Thomas, V Reddy, N Frere… - The Astronomical …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The surface composition of S-type asteroids can be determined using band parameters
extracted from their near-infrared (NIR) spectra (0.7–2.50 μm) along with spectral …

Geologically old but freshly exposed rock fragments encountered by Yutu‐2 rover

S Gou, Z Yue, K Di, R Bugiolacchi… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
During the exploration traverse of the Von Kármán crater on the lunar farside, the Yutu‐2
rover, part of China's Chang'e‐4 mission, come across rock fragments with higher albedo …

Long-term Spectral Monitoring of Active Asteroid (6478) Gault: Implications for the H Chondrite Parent Body

A Battle, V Reddy, JA Sanchez… - The Planetary …, 2025 - iopscience.iop.org
Active asteroid (6478) Gault underwent outbursts between late 2018 and early 2019 with
tails morphologically similar to the ejecta from Dimorphous following the Double Asteroid …

Spectroscopic Links among Giant Planet Irregular Satellites and Trojans

BNL Sharkey, V Reddy, O Kuhn… - The Planetary …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
We collect near-infrared spectra (∼ 0.75–2.55 μm) of four Jovian irregular satellites and
visible spectra (∼ 0.32–1.00 μm) of two Jovian irregular satellites, two Uranian irregular …

A contemporary view of the ordinary chondrite boot I: Band parameter analysis dependency

LT McClure, SS Lindsay - Icarus, 2022 - Elsevier
The visible and near-infrared spectra (0.5–2.5 μm) of ordinary chondrite (OC) meteorites are
characterized by absorptions at 1 and 2 μm, typically denoted as Band I and Band II …