The unusual V-type asteroid (2579) Spartacus

Oszkiewicz, Dagmara; Kryszczyńska, Agnieszka; Kankiewicz, Paweł; Durech, Josef; Marciniak, Anna; Moskovitz, Nick; Skiff, Brian; Geier, S.; Fedorets, Grigori; Włodarczyk, Ireneusz; Troianskyi, Volodymyr
Bibliographical reference

European Planetary Science Congress 2018, held 16-21 September 2018 at TU Berlin, Berlin, Germany, id.EPSC2018-846

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2018
Number of authors
11
IAC number of authors
1
Citations
0
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0
Description
Asteroid (2579) Spartacus is a small V-type object located in the inner main belt (the main delivery region for meteorites). It shows spectral characteristics different from typical values for Vestoids, which may indicate origin deeper within Vesta then other V-types or a different parent body. We determine physical and dynamical properties of (2579) Spartacus and discuss its possible origin scenarios.