Hydrogen abundance estimation and distribution on (101955) Bennu

• Published in: Icarus
• Main Authors: Praet, A., Barucci, M. A., Clark, B. E., Kaplan, H. H., Simon, A. A., Hamilton, V. E., Emery, J. P., Howell, E. S., Lim, L. F., Zou, X. -D., Li, J. -Y., Reuter, D. C., Merlin, F., Deshapriya, J. D. P., Fornasier, S., Hasselmann, P. H., Poggiali, G., Ferrone, S., Brucato, J. R., Takir, D., Cloutis, E., Connolly, H. C., Fulchignoni, M., Lauretta, D. S.
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'études spatiales et d'instrumentation en astrophysique (LESIA (UMR_8109)), Institut national des sciences de l'Univers (INSU - CNRS)-Observatoire de Paris, Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Université Paris sciences et lettres (PSL)-Sorbonne Université (SU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Paris (UP), Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), Ministère de l'Education nationale, de l’Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (M.E.N.E.S.R.)
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2021
• Subjects: Asteroid Bennu; Asteroid surfaces; Asteroid composition; Meteorites; Spectroscopy; [PHYS.ASTR]Physics [physics]/Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Tagish; Tagish Lake
• Online Access: https://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-03502255; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114427

International audience Asteroids were likely a major source of volatiles and water to early Earth. Quantifying the hydration of asteroids is necessary to constrain models of the formation and evolution of the Solar System and the origin of Life on Earth. The OSIRIS-REx (Origins, Spectral Interpretat...