5-14 Μm Spitzer spectra of Themis family asteroids

Alí-Lagoa, V.; Licandro, J.; Campins, H.; Hardgrove, K.; Fernández, Y.; Kelley, M. S.; Rivkin, A.; Ziffer, J.
Bibliographical reference

EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1047

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2011
Number of authors
8
IAC number of authors
2
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0
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0
Description
We present 5-14 μm spectra of 8 Themis family asteroids observed with Spitzer. The diameter and geometric albedo are determined using the NEATM model. Their emissivity spectra is studied in order to determine if they exhibit an emission plateau at about 9 to 12 μm as observed in other primitive asteroids of the outer belt, attributed to fine silicates (the Si-O stretch fundamental).