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Forging Asteroid-Meteorite Relationships Through Reflectance Spectroscopy

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Near-infrared spectra were obtained for 196 asteroids as part of SMASSIR. SMASSIR focused on observing asteroids assumed to be one of the following: (1) olivine-rich, (2) objects with "Vesta-like spectra" (the "Vestoids"), and (3) postulated meteorite parent bodies.

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Burbine, T. H., Binzel, R. P., Bus, S. J., Buchanan, P. C., Hinrichs, J. L., Meibom, A., Hiroi, T., Sunshine, J. M.. 2000-03-01. Forging Asteroid-Meteorite Relationships Through Reflectance Spectroscopy. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20000080717

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