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1950 Da, 205, 269 1979 Va, 230 1991 Ry16, 183 1992 Kd, 61 1992 Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09684-4 — Asteroids Thomas H. Burbine Index More Information 356 Index 1950 DA, 205, 269 single scattering, 142, 143, 144, 145 1979 VA, 230 visual Bond, 7 1991 RY16, 183 visual geometric, 7, 27, 28, 163, 185, 189, 190, 1992 KD, 61 191, 192, 192, 253 1992 QB1, 233, 234 Alexandra, 59 1993 FW, 234 altitude, 49 1994 JR1, 239, 275 Alvarez, Luis, 258 1999 JU3, 61 Alvarez, Walter, 258 1999 RL95, 183 amino acid, 81 1999 RQ36, 61 ammonia, 223, 301 2000 DP107, 274, 304 amoeboid olivine aggregate, 83 2000 GD65, 205 Amor, 251 2001 QR322, 232 Amor group, 251 2003 EH1, 107 Anacostia, 179 2007 PA8, 207 Anand, Viswanathan, 62 2008 TC3, 264, 265 Angelina, 175 2010 JL88, 205 angrite, 87, 101, 110, 126, 168 2010 TK7, 231 Annefrank, 274, 275, 289 2011 QF99, 232 Antarctic Search for Meteorites (ANSMET), 71 2012 DA14, 108 Antarctica, 69–71 2012 VP113, 233, 244 aphelion, 30, 251 2013 TX68, 64 APL, 275, 292 2014 AA, 264, 265 Apohele group, 251 2014 RC, 205 Apollo, 179, 180, 251 Apollo group, 230, 251 absorption band, 135–6, 137–40, 145–50, Apollo mission, 129, 262, 299 163, 184 Apophis, 20, 269, 270 acapulcoite/ lodranite, 87, 90, 103, 110, 168, 285 Aquitania, 179 Achilles, 232 Arecibo Observatory, 206 achondrite, 84, 86, 116, 187 Aristarchus, 29 primitive, 84, 86, 103–4, 287 Asporina, 177 Adamcarolla, 62 asteroid chronology function, 262 Adeona family, 198 Asteroid Zoo, 54 Aeternitas, 177 Astraea, 53 Agnia family, 170, 198 Astronautica, 61 AKARI satellite, 192 Aten, 251 alabandite, 76, 101 Aten group, 251 Alauda family, 198 Atira, 251 albedo, 7, 21, 27, 185–6 Atira group, 251 Bond, 7, 8, 9, 28, 189 atmosphere, 1, 3, 8, 43, 66, 68, 265 geometric, 7 A- type, 163, 165, 167, 169, 170, 177–8, 192 356 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09684-4 — Asteroids Thomas H. Burbine Index More Information 357 Index 357 aubrite, 87, 90, 91, 101–2, 101, 110, 147, 150, 151, CK, 87, 90, 92, 98–9, 110, 168 168, 175, 216, 294 CM, 87, 90, 92, 95–6, 107, 110, 127, 132, 168, azimuth, 49 216, 259, 298, 302, 303, 305 CO, 87, 90, 92, 96, 110, 168 Baade, Walter, 251 CR, 86, 87, 90, 92, 98, 168, 187, 295, 298 Babcock, Kerry, 61 CV, 87, 90, 92, 98, 110, 168 backscatter, 22, 143 ungrouped, 87, 99, 168 Band Area Ratio, 159, 160, 163 Carolla, Adam, 62 band center, 158 Cassini– Huygens mission, 274, 275, 288–9 Band I, 158 Catalina Sky Survey, 253, 264, 265 Baptistina family, 198, 200 Cavendish, Henry, 33 Barringer, Daniel, 257 CCD, 61 Bayeux Tapestry, 220 C- complex, 163, 165, 168, 169, 171–4, 184, 192, 214, beaming factor, 188, 189, 216 215, 271 Beatles, 64 B- type, 163, 165, 167, 171, 172, 305 Benkoela, 177 Cb- type, 165, 167, 171 Bennu, 61, 274, 304–5 Cgh- type, 165, 167, 171 bidirectional relectance, 184 Cg- type, 165, 167, 171 binary Yarkovsky– O’Keefe– Radzievskii– Paddack Ch- type, 165, 167, 173–4 (BYORP) effect, 47 C- type, 163, 165, 167, 171 Binzel, Richard, 266 F- type, 163, 264 Biot, Jean- Baptiste, 69 G- type, 163 biotite, 75 Celestial Police, 50, 64 black body, 4–7, 27, 133, 162 celestial sphere, 47 blink comparator, 55, 252 centaur, 36, 36, 42, 60, 60, 232, 248–50 Bode, Johann, 49 Central Bureau for Astronomical Telegrams (CBAT), bolide, 108, 259 221, 225 Bond, William, 53 Ceres, 40, 40, 42, 51, 52, 171, 172–3, 185, 188, 214, Bonnet, Charles, 49 216, 274, 275, 276, 277, 295–6, 300–3, 305 Bopp, Thomas, 225 Kerwan crater, 301 Borrelly, comet, 222, 226, 274, 287 Occator crater, 301 boulder, 207, 261, 284 Yalode crater, 301 Bowell, Ted, 230, 252 Ceres Ferdinandea, 52 Božněmcová, 164, 179 Chandrasekhar H function, 144 brachinite, 87, 104, 110, 169, 177 Chang’e 2 mission, 274, 275, 303 Brahe, Tycho, 29 charge- coupled device (CCD), 11, 11, 13, 14, 28, 53, Braille, 61, 274, 275, 287, 288 55, 164, 165, 234, 252, 253 Braille, Louis, 61 Chariklo, 249 Brant, Sebastian, 69 Charlois, Auguste, 251 Brown, George E. Jr., 253 Chen, Jun, 243 Brown, Michael, 234, 243, 244, 245, 246, Cheng, Andrew, 282 247, 248 Chicxulub crater, 259 Brownlee, Donald, 226 Chiron, 60, 230, 231, 249 Burney, Charles Jr., 52 comet, 230, 231 Burney, Charles Sr., 52 Chladni, Ernst, 69, 105 Burney, Venetia, 236 chlorite, 78 Bus– DeMeo taxonomy, 165, 174 chamosite, 76, 78 clinochlore, 76, 78 calcite, 75, 76, 85 chondrite, 84, 86, 89, 91–100, 187 calcium– aluminum- rich inclusion, 82, 83, 84, 85, chondrule, 68, 83, 86, 94, 123, 124, 126 89, 90, 94, 95, 96, 98, 117, 1189, 121, 123, 124, Chrétien, Henri, 10 125–6, 132, 149, 178, 179, 226 Christou, Tolis, 288 carbonaceous chondrite, 79, 89, 91, 93, 101, 106, Christy, Charlene, 238 152–3, 175, 300, 305 Christy, James, 237 CB, 86, 87, 92, 99, 1004, 110, 126, 168, 295 chromite, 76, 80, 106 CH, 87, 90, 92, 99, 169, 295 Churyumov, Klim Ivanovich, 228 CI, 87, 89, 92, 95, 972, 106, 107, 110, 127, 168, Churyumov– Gerasimenko, comet, 222, 228 172, 302, 303, 305 Clarke, Arthur C., 253 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09684-4 — Asteroids Thomas H. Burbine Index More Information 358 358 Index classiication Framing Camera (FC), 296, 298 asteroid, 162, 163–6 Gamma Ray and Neutron Detector (GRaND), 296, meteorite, 86–90, 91–3 300, 302, stellar, 162–3 Visible and Infrared Spectrometer (VIR), 296, 301 clay, 78 De Caro, Mario, 62 kaolinite, 76, 78 Decaro, 62 saponite, 76, 78, 149 declination, 47–9, 55 Clementine mission, 274, 281 Deep Impact mission, 228, 288 clinopyroxene, 87, 87, 179, 180 Extrasolar Planet Observation and Deep Impact augite, 76 Extended Investigation (EPOXI), 228 diopside, 76, 82 High Resolution Imager (HRI), 228 diopside- hedenbergite, 87 Impactor Targeting Sensor (ITS), 228 hedenbergite, 76, 148 Medium Resolution Imager (MRI), 228 pigeonite, 76, 87 Deep Space 1 mission, 61, 226, 274, 275 Clio, 53, 54 Autonav, 287, 288 Coculescu, 63 Beacon Monitor, 287 Coculescu, Nicolae, 63 Miniature Imaging Camera and Spectrometer color index, 21–2 (MICAS), 287 coma, 218 NASA Solar Technology Application Readiness comet, 106, 212, 218–31, 250, 271 (NSTAR), 287 Halley- type, 221 Plasma Experiment for Planetary Exploration Jupiter- family, 221, 226 (PEPE), 287 main- belt, 231, 250 remote intelligent self- repair software (Remote non- periodic, 221 Agent), 287 periodic, 220 Small Deep Space Transponder (SDST), 287, 288 sungrazing, 221 Solar Concentrator Array with Refractive Linear Committee for Small Body Nomenclature Element Technology (SCARLET), 287 (CSBN), 58, 61 Dembowska, 163, 180 condensation, 81 density, 169, 172, 173, 176, 177, 186, 187, sequence, 81 209–12, 217 Coordinated Universal Time, 56 bulk, 109 Copernicus, Nicolaus, 29 grain, 109 Coradini, Angioletta, 297 meteorite, 108–9, 186 corundum, 76, 82 detector, 1, 10–14 cosmic- ray exposure age, 126–8, 132 di Montijo, Eugenia, 59 Cousins, Alan, 15 diameter, 27, 52, 53, 185–6, 190, 191 crater, 254–63 diamond, 76, 79, 91 counting, 259–63 differentiation, 66, 84, 295, 298 Crespo da Silva, Lucy, 59 Dioretsa, 31 Crespodasilva, 59 dolomite, 76 Cretaceous– Paleogene boundary, 258 Donaldjohanson, 62 cross section Doppler shift, 208 absorption, 142 Dora family, 198 extinction, 142 Drake, Michael, 305 geometrical, 142 Drewpinsky, 62 scattering, 142 D- type, 163, 165, 167, 178, 192, 214 crystal ield transition, 136–9 Duende, 108 cubewano, 233, 233, 234, 236 Dunne, James, 278 Curly, 64 dwarf planet, 36, 36, 39 Cybele, 176–7, 213 region, 213, 214 Earth, 20, 22, 24, 34, 35, 36, 37, 42, 43, 49, 50, 50, 89, 90, 91 Damocles, 42 Earth Minimum Orbit Intersection Distance damocloid, 36, 36, 42, 250 (MOID), 263 daubréelite, 101 Echeclus, 231 Davidbrown, 64 comet, 231 Dawn mission, 173, 181, 1824, 262, 274, 275, 287, ecliptic, 47, 50, 64 288, 293, 295–303, 305 Edgeworth, Kenneth, 233 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-1-107-09684-4 — Asteroids Thomas H. Burbine Index More Information 359 Index 359 Eger, 175 ireball, 108 Egeria, 53, 173 Flora, 53, 197, 198 Eight- Color Asteroid Survey (ECAS), 163 family, 194, 197–9, 198, 206, 277, 279 electromagnetic spectrum, 1–3 lux, 6, 7, 19, 27, 43, 144 gamma ray, 1, 3, 16, 271, 285, 299 absorbed, 7, 8 infrared light, 1, 3, 6, 191–3 emitted, 8 microwave radiation, 1, 3 infrared, 186, 190 radio wave, 1, 3 radiant, 6 ultraviolet light, 1, 3 solar, 8 visible light, 1, 3, 6, 7, 186 force, 33, 43, 45 X- ray, 1, 3, 16, 271, 284, 285, 286 centripetal, 33, 44, 204 Elektra, 174 gravitational, 33, 44, 204 Eleonora, 177 Fortuna, 173 Elisa, 182 Fresnel equation, 140 Elst, Eric, 231 fusion crust, 66, 67 Elst– Pizarro, 230, 231 comet, 230, 231 Gaffey, Michael, 152 emissivity, 6, 9, 182, 189, 216 Galache, José Luis, 36 Encke, comet, 107, 222 Galilei, Galileo, 9, 19 enstatite chondrite, 86, 89, 90, 91, 386, 92, 95, 150, Galileo mission, 225, 262, 274, 275, 275, 277–81, 305 175, 265, 295 magnetometer (MAG), 277, 278 EH, 87, 92, 92, 95, 110, 168 Near- Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (NIMS), EL, 87, 92, 92, 95, 110, 168, 186 277, 278 Eos, 163, 178 radio transponder, 277 family, 163, 178, 194, 198, 199–200 Solid Sate Imager (SSI), 277 Erigone family, 198 Ganymed, 251 Eris, 39, 40, 40, 233, 246–8, 250 Gaspra, 262, 263, 274, 275, 277, 278–9, 280, 294 Eros, 251, 262, 274, 275, 277, 281, 282, Yeates Regio, 279 283–7, 305 Gauss, Carl Friedrich, 51, 52, 53 Charlois Regio, 284 Geion family, 198, 200 Finsen Dorsum, 284 geocentric model, 29 Hinks Dorsum, 284 Geographos, 274, 281 Witt Regio, 284 George E.
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