Spectral analysis of craters on (101955) Bennu

Autor: M. A. Barucci, D. C. Reuter, M. Fulchignoni, Beth E. Clark, Dante S. Lauretta, Edward A. Cloutis, Victoria E. Hamilton, Daniella DellaGiustina, Pedro Hasselmann, X. D. Zou, Amy Simon, Frederic Merlin, A. Praet, David Trang, R. T. Daly, E. B. Bierhaus, Cateline Lantz, John Robert Brucato, Jian-Yang Li, Sonia Fornasier, J. D. P. Deshapriya, S. Ferrone, Giovanni Poggiali
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Lockheed Martin Space, Department of Physics, Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T), University of Missouri System-University of Missouri System, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), University of Winnipeg, Institut d'astrophysique spatiale (IAS), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Université Paris-Saclay-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory [Laurel, MD] (APL), Hawaii Institute of Geophysics and Planetology (HIGP), University of Hawai‘i [Mānoa] (UHM), Lunar and Planetary Laboratory [Tucson] (LPL), University of Arizona
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Icarus
Icarus, Elsevier, 2021, 357, pp.114252-. ⟨10.1016/j.icarus.2020.114252⟩
ISSN: 0019-1035
1090-2643
Popis: Using data acquired by the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security–Regolith Explorer) mission, we investigate spectral properties of craters on the near-Earth asteroid (101955) Bennu. We compare Bennu's craters with its global average by means of four spectral parameters: (a) minimum position of the band at 2.7 μm, (b) depth of the hydrated phyllosilicate absorption band at 2.7 μm, (c) normalized spectral slope from 0.55 to 2.0 μm, and (d) reflectance factor at 0.55 μm. We examine 45 craters using spectral data obtained under various observing conditions. For 20 craters, we find a shortward shift of the 2.7-μm band minimum relative to the global 2.7-μm band minimum, which we attribute to the presence of relatively fresh (less space-weathered) material excavated from the sub-surface by crater-forming impacts. For three craters, we find an anti-correlation between spectral slopes and reflectance factor for a series of spectra acquired during a specific scan, where we observe that spectra become redder and darker towards the center of the crater. We attribute this to the presence of fine-particulate regolith. Localized spectral heterogeneities are apparent inside a prominent equatorial crater on Bennu, which is one of the asteroid's oldest geological features. We propose that such local spectral heterogeneities could be used as a tracer of mass movement on Bennu. We show that younger craters are redder, brighter, and have deeper 2.7-μm bands. Comparing global average spectral values of Bennu and crater frequency distributions as a function of the chosen spectral parameters, we find that craters evolve to assume the global average spectral properties of Bennu. A positive correlation identified between the reflectance factor and 2.7-μm band depth suggests that brighter craters tend to be more hydrated. Finally, we put into context, the results from the Small Carry-on Impactor experiment by the Hayabusa2 spacecraft, which created an artificial crater on the near-Earth asteroid (162173) Ryugu.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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