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The Near-Earth Object Surveyor Mission
A. K. Mainzer, Joseph R. Masiero, Paul A. Abell +34
The Near-Earth Object (NEO) Surveyor mission is a NASA observatory designed to discover and characterize near-Earth asteroids and comets. The mission's primary objective is to find…
Hayabusa2 Extended Mission: New Voyage to Rendezvous with a Small Asteroid Rotating with a Short Period
M. Hirabayashi, Y. Mimasu, N. Sakatani +41
Hayabusa2 is the Japanese Asteroid Return Mission and targeted the carbonaceous asteroid Ryugu, conducted by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The goal of this mission…
Strength In Diversity: Small Bodies as the Most Important Objects in Planetary Sciences
Laura M. Woodney, Andrew S. Rivkin, Walter Harris +9
Small bodies, the unaccreted leftovers of planetary formation, are often mistaken for the leftovers of planetary science in the sense that they are everything else after the planet…
ASIME 2018 White Paper. In-Space Utilisation of Asteroids: Asteroid Composition -- Answers to Questions from the Asteroid Miners
Amara L. Graps, Angel Abbud-Madrid, Paul Abell +41
In keeping with the Luxembourg government's initiative to support the future use of space resources, ASIME 2018 was held in Belval, Luxembourg on April 16-17, 2018. The goal of ASI…
A near-Sun Solar System Twilight Survey with LSST
Rob Seaman, Paul Abell, Eric Christensen +9
We propose a LSST Solar System near-Sun Survey, to be implemented during twilight hours, that extends the seasonal reach of LSST to its maximum as fresh sky is uncovered at about 5…
Observing Near-Earth Objects with the James Webb Space Telescope
Cristina A. Thomas, Paul Abell, Julie Castillo-Rogez +6
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has the potential to enhance our understanding of near-Earth objects (NEOs). We present results of investigations into the observability of NE…
Olivine-dominated asteroids: Mineralogy and origin
Juan A. Sanchez, Vishnu Reddy, Michael S. Kelley +8
Olivine-dominated asteroids are a rare type of objects formed either in nebular processes or through magmatic differentiation. The analysis of meteorite samples suggest that at lea…
Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid (4179) Toutatis
Vishnu Reddy, Juan Andreas Sanchez, Michael Gaffey +3
Surface composition of near-Earth asteroid (4179) Toutatis is consistent with an undifferentiated L-chondrite composition. This is inconsistent with early observations that suggest…
Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid 2008 EV5: Potential target for Robotic and Human Exploration
Vishnu Reddy, Lucille Le Corre, Michael Hicks +5
We observed potentially hazardous asteroid (PHA) 2008 EV5 in the visible (0.30-0.92 microns) and near-IR (0.75-2.5 microns) wavelengths to determine its surface composition. This a…