Title
Spectroscopy and surface properties of (809) Lundia
Date Issued
01 December 2013
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des Ephemerides
Abstract
Telescopic observation of binary system of (809) Lundia in the in the 0.8-2.5 μm spectral range is presented in order to determine its physical and mineralogical parameters. Observations covering several oppositions were performed using NASA telescope Infrared Telescope Facility and SpeX spectrograph. One of these spectra was observed during a mutual event (an occultation between components). A detailed analysis of spectra was performed using M4AST tools. (809) Lundia complex is a V-type object having similar mineralogy on both components of the system. By applying different mineralogical models a composition similar to the one of howardite-diogenite meteorites was found. The comparison of composite visible and near-infrared spectra with meteorites from Relab data base confirms this solution. From this comparison a surface covered by fine dusty regolith with grain size less than 100 μm was found. Orthopyroxene is the most abundant pyroxene of the regolith. Howarditic and diogenitic minerals seem to be the most abundant on the surface of (809) Lundia. The discrepancy between howardite-eucrite-diogenite meteorite bulk density and the one computed for the binary system suggests a rubble pile structure of both components. © 2013 The Authors Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Royal Astronomical Society.
Start page
176
End page
184
Volume
437
Issue
1
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Astronomía
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84890028684
Source
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
ISSN of the container
13652966
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