Shape, Regolith Size and Thickness, SMFe0 Content, and Spectral Type of Tianwen-2 Target Asteroid (469219) Kamo‘oalewa

China’s Tianwen-2 spacecraft was launched on 2025 May 29 and will arrive at the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) Kamo‘oalewa in 2026 July. We previously reported that Kamo‘oalewa develops an LL-chondrite-compositional, highly space-weathered surface. Here, using the light-curve data and the Cellinoid...

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Hauptverfasser:	Pengfei Zhang, Guozheng Zhang, Yongxiong Zhang, Marco Fenucci, Pierre Vernazza, Jin Zhao, Yunbo Niu, Xuejin Lu, Xing Wu, Honglei Lin, Edward Cloutis, Xiaoran Yan, Xiaobin Wang, Xiaoping Zhang, Yang Li
Format:	Artigo
Sprache:	Inglês
Veröffentlicht:	IOP Publishing 2026-01-01
Schriftenreihe:	The Astrophysical Journal
Schlagworte:	Asteroids Asteroid rotation Asteroid surfaces Regolith Surface processes Surface composition
Online-Zugang:	https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ae707c
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