Asteroids

Talk - DPS2021 - [101.05D] Ultraviolet spectral reflectance of asteroids

Talk - SEGSA 2021 - Ultraviolet spectral reflectance of 16 asteroids by Swift

NASA Reddit AMA on Comet Borisov, Comet Atlas, and 1998 OR2

UV spectra of asteroids

Because of atmosphere's absorption, Ultraviolet (UV) radiation must be observed from space, which is much harder than ground observations. Because of this, we still knows quite little about UV spectrum of asteroids, which are usually classified according to their optical/IR spectra. Fortunately, Swift uniquely has the UV capability and time to measure UV spectra of ~20 asteroids. **Will their types keep the same in UV? Will there be some new trends? How will the results affect the understanding of the solar system?** We are extracting the spectra, let's look forward to the results!