Meteorites: samples of NEOs in the laboratory

Claude Perron; Brigitte Zanda

doi:10.1016/j.crhy.2005.01.005

The Near Earth Objects: possible impactors of the Earth/Les astéroïdes geocroiseurs : impacteurs potentiels de la Terre

Meteorites: samples of NEOs in the laboratory

Presented by: Pierre Encrenaz

Claude Perron ¹ ; Brigitte Zanda ¹

¹ Laboratoire d'étude de la matière extraterrestre, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 75005 Paris, France

Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 6 (2005) no. 3, pp. 345-360.

Abstract
Résumé

Meteorites can be considered as samples of near-Earth objects (NEOs), and as such they may be useful for inferring the properties of the latter, including those that may encounter the Earth in the future. This article reviews the main properties of meteorites which can be of interest in NEO research. We first briefly recall the characteristics of a meteorite fall and the biases it introduces in the passage from the near Earth meteoroid population to the meteorite population. We then describe in more detail the mineralogical and chemical composition of the various classes of meteorites. The relations between meteorites and asteroids that can be inferred from reflectance spectroscopy, and the porosity of meteorites are treated in Sections 4 and 5, respectively. The last section deals with meteorite ages, with emphasis on the cosmic ray exposure age.

Les météorites peuvent être considérées comme des échantillons d'objets proches de la Terre (‘NEOs’) et en tant que telles elles peuvent être utiles pour prévoir les propriétés de ceux-ci, notamment de ceux qui pourraient tomber sur Terre dans le futur. Cet article passe en revue les principales propriétés des météorites qui peuvent présenter un intérêt dans la recherche sur les NEOs. On rappelle d'abord les caractéristiques de la chute d'une météorite et les biais qu'elle introduit dans le passage de la population des météoroïdes proches de la Terre à la population des météorites. On décrit ensuite plus en détail la composition minéralogique et chimique des différentes classes de météorites. Les Sections 4 et 5 traitent respectivement des relations entre météorites et astéroïdes telles qu'on peut les déduire de la spectroscopie en réflectance, et de la porosité des météorites. Les ages des météorites, et plus particulièrement l'age d'exposition au rayonnement cosmique, sont abordés dans la dernière section.

Published online: 2005-02-24

DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.01.005

Keywords: NEO, Meteorites, Reflectance spectroscopy
Mot clés : NEO, Météorites, Spectroscopie en réflectance

Author's affiliations:

Claude Perron ¹; Brigitte Zanda ¹

¹ Laboratoire d'étude de la matière extraterrestre, Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, 75005 Paris, France

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Claude Perron; Brigitte Zanda. Meteorites: samples of NEOs in the laboratory. Comptes Rendus. Physique, Volume 6 (2005) no. 3, pp. 345-360. doi : 10.1016/j.crhy.2005.01.005. https://comptes-rendus.academie-sciences.fr/physique/articles/10.1016/j.crhy.2005.01.005/

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