Astrophysical: Minor planets

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    Thermophysical properties of near-Earth asteroid (341843) 2008 EV5 from WISE data
    Aims: We derive the thermal inertia of 2008 EV5, the baseline target for the Marco Polo-R mission proposal, and infer information about the size of the...
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    V-type candidates and Vesta family asteroids in the Moving Objects VISTA (MOVIS) catalogue
    Context. Basaltic asteroids (spectrally classified as V-types) are believed to be fragments of large differentiated bodies. The majority of them are found in...
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    Visible and near-infrared observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 during its closest approach of February 15, 2013
    Context. Near-Earth asteroid 2012 DA14 made its closest approach on February 15, 2013, when it passed at a distance of 27 700 km from the Earth's surface. It...
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    Visible spectra of (474640) 2004 VN112-2013 RF98 with OSIRIS at the 10.4 m GTC: evidence for binary dissociation near aphelion among the extreme trans-Neptunian objects
    The existence of significant anisotropies in the distributions of the directions of perihelia and orbital poles of the known extreme trans-Neptunian objects...
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    Visible spectroscopy of the Sulamitis and Clarissa primitive families: a possible link to Erigone and Polana
    The low-inclination (i 8∘) primitive asteroid families in the inner main belt, that is, Polana-Eulalia, Erigone, Sulamitis, and Clarissa, are considered to be...
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    Water-ice-driven Activity on Main-Belt Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR)?
    The dust ejecta of Main-Belt Comet P/2010 A2 (LINEAR) have been observed with several telescopes at the Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos on La Palma...
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    When the horseshoe fits: Characterizing 2023 FY<SUB>3</SUB> with the 10.4 m Gran Telescopio Canarias and the Two-meter Twin Telescope
    Context. The Arjuna asteroid belt is loosely defined as a diverse group of small asteroids that follow dynamically cold, Earth-like orbits. Most of them are not...
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    Widely distributed exogenic materials of varying compositions and morphologies on asteroid (101955) Bennu
    Using the multiband imager MapCam on board the OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, and Security-Regolith Explorer) spacecraft...