A population of small main-belt asteroids residing on closely similar orbits was revealed by Vokrouhlicky and Nesvorny (2008, Astron. J. 136, 280-290). We have...
PRIMASS visits the primitive collisional families in the central asteroid belt:Nemesis, Hoffmeister, and Padua
Asteroids are the remnant blocks of the early stages of the formation of our Solar System. In particular, those classified as "primitive" are believed to...
PRIMASS: A Snapshot of the Erigone Family in the Near-Infrared
Within the inner main belt resides the Erigone asteroid family, which consists of roughly 1776 objects. One of these members is Donaldjohanson, the first target...
PRIMitive Asteroids Spectroscopic Survey - PRIMASS: Current Status
Primitive asteroids contain the most pristine material that gave birth to the rocky planets. Interest in spectral data from primitive asteroids that could be...
In 2010 we started a spectroscopic survey to obtain visible and near-infrared spectra of primitive asteroids in the main belt. The main objective was to...
PRIMitive Asteroids Spectroscopic Survey – PRIMASS: First Results
NASA OSIRIS-REx and JAXA Hayabusa 2 sample-return missions have targeted two near-Earth asteroids: (101955) Bennu and (162173) 1999 JU3, respectively. These are...