IntroductionThe asteroid (4660) Nereus is considered one of the most accessible targets for a rendez-vous space mission. It was proposed as a possible target for the NASA Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) and for JAXA Hayabusa spacecraft. The lightcurve analysis and the radar shape modeling revealed a long rotational period of ≅ 15.16 ± 0.04 h

IntroductionAsteroids lightcurves have been used extensively to derive many important physical characteristics such as rotational properties (rotational period and pole direction) and shape (Kaasalainen et al., 2004; Hanus et al., 2011; Durech et al., 2015), as well as to identify and characterize binary asteroids (Pravec et al., 2006). In addition

IntroductionThe observation of NEOs allows us to study the physical characteristics of the smallest size bodies of our Solar System as well as to impose constraints on their origin and evolution. Considering that these objects are in unstable orbits over the age of the Solar System, this implies that it is a transient population, which can be

IntroductionComets are the leftovers from the formation of the Solar System. Understanding their composition allow us to investigate the physical and chemical processes occurring at the early stages of its formation. In this contribution we analyze high resolution spectra of comet C/2020 F3 (NEOWISE) obtained with the High Accuracy Radial Velocity

Technology now exists to enable large optical systems that are capable of resolving and measuring faint sources not accessible with current remote sensing instruments and detectors. The possibility of creating ground-based telescopes at the 50m-scale with sufficient wavefront control to both fully overcome the effects of the atmosphere, but with

Vast majority of known V-type asteroids belong to the dynamical Vesta family. A small number of V-types in the mid and outer parts of the Main Asteroid Belt is considered unrelated to the fossil planetesimal (4) Vesta. These objects have low probability of dynamically evolving from the Vesta family and show spectral properties distinct from typical