[meteorite-list] Asteroid Color Clans

From: Bernd Pauli HD <bernd.pauli_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:06:13 2004
Message-ID: <3DC6DCC0.D20AA776_at_lehrer.uni-karlsruhe.de>

Rob Wesel schrieb:

> Asteroid 246 Asporina.....Pallasites

CHAPMAN C.R. et al. (1979) Discussion of the new spectra
(in Asteroids I, ed. T. Gehrels, p. 661):

Several asteroids exhibit in extreme form the unusual spectral traits
of previously observed 354 Eleonora*: very red, straight, ultra-violet
visible slope and a sharp inflection to diminishing reflectances into
the
infrared. Examples include 197 Arete, 246 Asporina, and 446 Aeternitas.

* In M.J. Gagffey's paper (pp. 688-723), 354 Eleonora is described as:

Asteroid: 354 Eleonora
Spectral type: RA-1
Mineral assemblage: NiFe - Ol(ivine)
Meteoritic analog: P a l l a s i t e


Bernd
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