Spectrophotometric Properties of 162173 Ryugu’s Surface from the NIRS3 Opposition Observations
Author(s) -
D. L. Domingue,
K. Kitazato,
M. Matsuoka,
Y. Yokota,
Eri Tatsumi,
Takahiro Iwata,
Masanao Abe,
M. Ohtake,
Shuji Matsuura,
Stefan Schröder,
F. Vilas,
A. Barucci,
R. Brunetto,
D. Takir,
L. Le Corre,
Nicholas Moskovitz
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the planetary science journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2632-3338
DOI - 10.3847/psj/ac14bb
Subject(s) - regolith , opposition (politics) , geology , astrobiology , particle size distribution , mineralogy , physics , particle size , paleontology , political science , law , politics
Examination of the opposition geometry properties show that Ryugu’s surface regolith is commensurate with laboratory studies of the photometric behavior of powdered carbonaceous chondrites. The regolith is consistent with a broad grain size distribution that contains a fine-grained component.
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