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Discovery and physical characterization as the first response to a potential asteroid collision: The case of 2023 DZ2
Marcel M. Popescu, O. Văduvescu, Julia de León +15
Near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) that may evolve into impactors deserve detailed threat assessment studies. Early physical characterization of a would-be impactor may help in optimizing…
Physical characterization of 2020 AV2, the first known asteroid orbiting inside Venus orbit
M. Popescu, J. de León, C. de la Fuente Marcos +8
The first known asteroid with the orbit inside that of Venus is 2020~AV. This may be the largest member of a new population of small bodies with the aphelion smaller than 0.7…
Near-Earth asteroids spectroscopic survey at Isaac Newton Telescope
M. Popescu, O. Vaduvescu, J. de León +15
The population of near-Earth asteroids (NEAs) shows a large variety of objects in terms of physical and dynamical properties. They are subject to planetary encounters and to strong…
Near-infrared colors of minor planets recovered from VISTA - VHS survey (MOVIS)
M. Popescu, J. Licandro, D. Morate +6
The Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) provide information about the surface composition of about 100,000 minor planets. The resulting v…
Near-infrared spectroscopy of 1999 JU3, the target of the Hayabusa 2 mission
N. Pinilla-Alonso, V. Lorenzi, H. Campins +2
Context. Primitive asteroids contain complex organic material and ices relevant to the origin of life on Earth. These types of asteroids are the target of several-sample return mis…