Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid (4179) Toutatis

Abell, Paul A.; Hardersen, Paul; Sanchez, Juan Andreas; Corre, Lucille Le; Gaffey, Michael J.; Reddy, Vishnu B.

doi:10.1016/j.icarus.2012.10.005

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Composition of Near-Earth Asteroid (4179) Toutatis

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Author(s): Vishnu Reddy , Juan Andreas Sanchez , Michael Gaffey , Paul Abell , Lucille Le Corre , Paul Hardersen

Publication date Created: 10 October 2012

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Surface composition of near-Earth asteroid (4179) Toutatis is consistent with an undifferentiated L-chondrite composition. This is inconsistent with early observations that suggested high pyroxene iron content and a differentiated body.