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view Abstract Citations (29) References (15) Co-Reads Similar Papers Volume Content Graphics Metrics Export Citation NASA/ADS On the Relative Numbers of C Types and S Types among Near-Earth Asteroids Luu, Jane ; Jewitt, David Abstract The discovery circumstances of the near-earth asteroids (NEAs) were modeled in order to investigate the observational selection effects associated with NEAs. It is suggested that these selection effects are responsible for the apparent overabundance of S types among the NEAs and that this overabundance is in part a result of the larger phase darkening of the C types over the S types. The large phase angles and preferential phase darkening of the C type NEAs force some of them below the threshold of detectability (in a magnitude-limited survey), thus exaggerating the number of S type NEAs. Publication: The Astronomical Journal Pub Date: November 1989 DOI: 10.1086/115267 Bibcode: 1989AJ.....98.1905L Keywords: Asteroid Belts; Eccentric Orbits; Gravitational Effects; Terrestrial Planets; Dynamic Characteristics; Solar System; Astronomy; ASTEROIDS full text sources ADS |
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