RMxAA

Revista Mexicana de Astronomía y Astrofísica

ISSN: 3061-8649
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Astrophysics

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Visual Spectroscopy of Asteroids at San Pedro Mártir. (2001). Revista Mexicana De Astronomía Y Astrofísica, 37(1), 35-38. https://astronomia.unam.mx/journals/rmxaa/article/view/2001rmxaa..37...35m

Abstract

We present low resolution reflectance spectra over the wavelength range 5000--10,000 Å for 4 asteroids (three belonging to the Nysa family and one Near-Earth asteroid) obtained at the Observatorio Astronómico Nacional at San Pedro Mártir (México) using the 2.1 m telescope. Though the limited wavelength range covered often makes a classification difficult, the analysis of the available data reveals that two asteroids of the Nysa family, (2007) McCuskey and (3130) Hillary, are probably of F-type and (3384) Daliya of S-type. Near-Earth asteroid (3908) Nyx (Amor asteroid) shows a spectrum, within the limits of our signal-to-noise ratio (S/N), consistent with a V-type taxonomic classification and may be a fragment excavated from Vesta by an impact.
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