The Nature of M-Class Asteroids from 3-μm Observations☆

By A. Rivkin, E. Howell, L. Lebofsky, B. Clark, D. Britt. 2000

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Observed spectral properties of near-Earth objects: results for population distribution, source regions, and space weathering processes (2004, background): “However,Jones et al. (1990)as well as others (e.g.,Rivkin et al., 1995, 2000, 2002) have found evidence of water of hydration in some M-types, implying a “metallic” interpretation of their composition solely bas on visible wavelength data (and albedo) may be susp (The mnemonic for “M” may be best…”
Hydrated Minerals on Asteroids: The Astronomical Record (2003, background): “Surveys of 27 M-class asteroids by Rivkin et al. (1995) and Rivkin et al. (2000) confirmed the presence of this feature on 10 of them, including both 92 Undina and 55 Pandora.”
The taxonomic distribution of asteroids from multi-filter all-sky photometric surveys (2013, background): “However, the M-class is degenerate in both visible spectrum and geometric albedo because multiple kinds of asteroids are known to fall in that category each having different composition and density (see Rivkin et al. 2000, Shepard et al. 2008, Ockert-Bell et al. 2010, among others).”
SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids (2010, background): “A good example here is the discovery that some E- and M-class asteroids show hydration bands around 3 μm (Jones et al. 1990; Rivkin et al. 1995, 2000).”