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2017MNRAS.466..489B - Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., 466, 489-495 (2017/March-3)

The olivine-dominated composition of the Eureka family of Mars Trojan asteroids.

BORISOV G., CHRISTOU A., BAGNULO S., CELLINO A., KWIATKOWSKI T. and DELL'ORO A.

Abstract (from CDS):

We have used the XSHOOTER echelle spectrograph on the European Southern Obseratory (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) to obtain UVB-VIS-NIR (ultraviolet-blue (UVB), visible (VIS) and near-infrared (NIR)) reflectance spectra of two members of the Eureka family of L5 Mars Trojans, in order to test a genetic relationship to Eureka. In addition to obtaining spectra, we also carried out VRI photometry of one of the VLT targets using the 2-m telescope at the Bulgarian National Astronomical Observatory - Rozhen and the two-channel focal reducer. We found that these asteroids belong to the olivine-dominated A, or Sa, taxonomic class. As Eureka itself is also an olivine-dominated asteroid, it is likely that all family asteroids share a common origin and composition. We discuss the significance of these results in terms of the origin of the martian Trojan population.

Abstract Copyright: © 2016 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society

Journal keyword(s): techniques: imaging spectroscopy - techniques: photometric - minor planets, asteroids: individual: Trojan asteroids - planets and satellites: individual: Mars - planets and satellites: individual: Mars

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