Discovering New V-Type Asteroids in the Vicinity of 4 Vesta

✍ Scribed by Marcos Florczak; Daniela Lazzaro; René Duffard

• Book ID: 102968251
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2002
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 533 KB
• Volume: 159
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0019-1035
• DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6913

✦ Synopsis

We present results on the identification of two new V-type asteroids, 809 Lundia and 956 Elisa. These asteroids are located in the neighborhood of Asteroid 4 Vesta, but they do not belong to Vesta's dynamical family. Their spectra in the visible wavelength are consistent with the spectra of the Vesta family members (Vestoids) and of other V-type objects in the nearby region too. The possible existence of two spectroscopic groups of V-type asteroids in the Vesta region is discussed.