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Physical characteristics of Hayabusa target Asteroid 25143 Itokawa

Lederer, S.M., Domingue, D.L., Vilas, F., Abe, M., Farnham, T.L., Jarvis, K.S., Lowry, S.C., Ohba, Y., Weissman, P.R., French, L.M., and others. (2005) Physical characteristics of Hayabusa target Asteroid 25143 Itokawa. Icarus, 173 (1). pp. 153-165. ISSN 0019-1035. (doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.022) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:52318)

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.022

Abstract

In March 2001, the Hayabusa spacecraft target, Asteroid 25143 Itokawa, made its final close approach to Earth prior to the spacecraft's launch. We carried out an extensive observing campaign from January to September 2001 to better characterize this near-Earth asteroid. Global physical properties of the surface of Itokawa were characterized by analyzing its photometric properties and behavior. Results included here capitalize on analysis of broadband photometric observations taken with a number of telescopes, instruments, and observers. We employed a Hapke model to estimate the surface roughness, single particle scattering albedo, single particle scattering characteristics, phase integral, and geometric and bond albedo. We find that this asteroid has a higher geometric albedo than average main belt S-class asteroids; this is consistent with results from other observers. The broadband colors of Itokawa further support evidence that this is an atypical S-class asteroid. Broadband colors show spectral characteristics more typically found on large-diameter main-belt asteroids believed to be space-weathered, suggesting the surface of this small diameter, near-Earth asteroid could likewise be space-weathered. © 2004 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
DOI/Identification number: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.07.022
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: LA - English [Field not mapped to EPrints] J2 - Icarus [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Planetary Astronomy Group, NASA Johnson Space Center, 2101 NASA Road 1, MC SR, Houston, TX 77058, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Johns Hopkins University, Applied Physics Laboratory, 11100 Johns Hopkins Rd., Laurel, MD 20723, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agy., Inst. of Space/Astronautical Science, 3-1-1 Yoshinodai, Sagamihara, Kanagawa 229-8510, Japan [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Lockheed-Martin Space Operations, 2400 NASA Rd. 1, C-23, Houston, TX 77058, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Earth and Space Sciences Division, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 4800 Oak Grove Drive, Pasadena, CA 91109, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Physics, Illinois Wesleyan University, PO Box 2900, Bloomington, IL 61701, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Toho Gakuen University, 3-11 Heiwagaoka, Meito-ku, Nagoya 465-8515, Japan [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Physics, CSUSB, 5500 University Parkway, San Bernardino, CA 92407, United States [Field not mapped to EPrints] AD - Department of Physics, Queens University, Belfast BT7 1NN, United Kingdom [Field not mapped to EPrints] DB - Scopus [Field not mapped to EPrints]
Uncontrolled keywords: Asteroids, composition, Photometry, Regoliths, Surfaces
Subjects: Q Science > QB Astronomy
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Natural Sciences > Physics and Astronomy
Depositing User: Stephen Lowry
Date Deposited: 08 Dec 2015 23:05 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:21 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/52318 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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