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Modeling the effects of a faint dust coma on asteroid spectra

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 April 2010

Jorge Márcio Carvano
Affiliation:
Observatório Nacional (COAA), rua Gal. José Cristino 77, São Cristóvão, CEP20921-400 Rio de Janeiro RJ, Brazil. email: [email protected]
Silvia Lorenz-Martins
Affiliation:
Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro/Observatório do Valongo. Lad.Pedro Antônio, 43 - 20080-090 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Abstract

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In this work we use a simple model to study the influence of a faint dust coma on asteroid spectra, in an effort to reproduce the unusual spectral behavior seen on the asteroid (5201) Ferraz-Mello and other objects.

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Contributed Papers
Copyright
Copyright © International Astronomical Union 2010

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