4 papers
The Polana-Eulalia Complex with JWST NIRSpec: Connections to Bennu, Ryugu, and Outer Solar System Bodies
Lucas McClure, Joshua Emery, Driss Takir +8
Carbon rich [C complex] asteroids provide insight into the early Solar System, and families of C complex asteroids serve as robust samples for learning about the internal structure…
Compositional characterisation of asteroid (84) Klio with JWST
Tania Le Pivert-Jolivet, Julia de León, Javier Licandro +8
The analysis of the composition of primitive Ccomplex asteroids is essential to understand the distribution of volatiles in the Solar System since its formation. Primitive low-a…
Estimate of water and hydroxyl abundance on asteroid (16) Psyche from JWST data
Stephanie G. Jarmak, Tracy M. Becker, Charles E. Woodward +10
Our understanding of Solar System evolution is closely tied to interpretations of asteroid composition, particularly the M-class asteroids. These asteroids were initially thought t…
Origin of Asteroid (101955) Bennu and its Connection to the New Polana Family
Driss Takir, Joshua P. Emery, William F. Bottke +1
The asteroid (142) Polana is classified as a B-type asteroid located in the inner Main Belt. This asteroid is the parent of the New Polana family, which has been proposed to be the…