| dc.contributor.advisor | Richard P. Binzel. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Malcom, Lindsey Ellen, S.B. Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-03-12T19:29:53Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-03-12T19:29:53Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2001 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/114100 | |
| dc.description | Thesis: S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, 2001. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (pages 47-48). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The spectral slopes of 701 S-type asteroids have been statistically shown to depend on asteroid size. The spectral reflectance data were taken during the second phase of the Small Main-belt Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey. It was concluded that larger S-type asteroids have a higher spectral slope than smaller S-type asteroids, implying that S-type asteroids are likely to be undergoing a time-dependent surface alteration process, known as space weathering. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Lindsey Ellen Malcom. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 68 pages | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | MIT theses are protected by copyright. They may be viewed, downloaded, or printed from this source but further reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. | en_US |
| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences. | en_US |
| dc.title | Relating size and spectral reflectance properties of S-type asteroids | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 1027220886 | en_US |
