3 papers
astro-ph.EP2024
Thermophysical Modelling of Eclipse and Occultation Events in Binary Asteroid Systems
Samuel L. Jackson, Benjamin Rozitis
Binary systems comprise approximately 15 per cent of the near-Earth asteroid population, yet thermal-infrared data are often interpreted for these bodies as if they are single obje…
astro-ph.EP2023
Near to Mid-Infrared Spectroscopy of (65803) Didymos as observed by JWST: Characterization Observations Supporting the Double Asteroid Redirection Test
Andrew S. Rivkin, Cristina A. Thomas, Ian Wong +17
The Didymos binary asteroid was the target of the Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission, which intentionally impacted Dimorphos, the smaller member of the binary system.…
astro-ph.IM2015
THERMAP: a mid-infrared spectro-imager for space missions to small bodies in the inner solar system
O. Groussin, J. Licandro, J. Helbert +28
We present THERMAP, a mid-infrared (8-16 μm) spectro-imager for space missions to small bodies in the inner solar system, developed in the framework of the MarcoPolo-R asteroid sam…