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2008ApJ...682L..57M - Astrophys. J., 682, L57-L60 (2008/July-3)

A spectroscopically unique main-belt asteroid: 10537 (1991 RY16).

MOSKOVITZ N.A., LAWRENCE S., JEDICKE R., WILLMAN M., HAGHIGHIPOUR N., BUS S.J. and GAIDOS E.

Abstract (from CDS):

We present visible and near-infrared reflectance spectra and interpreted surface mineralogy for asteroid 10537 (1991 RY16). The spectrum of this object is without precedent among the main-belt asteroids. A unique absorption band centered at 0.63 µm could be attributed to one of several mineralogies. Pronounced 1 and 2 µm absorption bands suggest that the composition of 10537 is a mixture of pyroxenes and olivine and that it originated from a parent body that was partially or fully differentiated. The closest available analog is the large main-belt asteroid 349 Dembowska, but 10537 may be an isolated fragment from a completely eroded parent body.

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Journal keyword(s): Minor Planets, Asteroids - Solar System: Formation

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