Lunar-like silicate material forms the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) 2016 HO3 Kamoʻoalewa

Benjamin N. L. Sharkey; Vishnu Reddy; Renu Malhotra; Audrey Thirouin; Olga Kuhn; Albert Conrad; Barry Rothberg; Juan A. Sanchez; David Thompson; Christian Veillet

doi:10.1038/s43247-021-00303-7

Communications Earth & Environment (Nov 2021)

Lunar-like silicate material forms the Earth quasi-satellite (469219) 2016 HO3 Kamoʻoalewa

Benjamin N. L. Sharkey,
Vishnu Reddy,
Renu Malhotra,
Audrey Thirouin,
Olga Kuhn,
Albert Conrad,
Barry Rothberg,
Juan A. Sanchez,
David Thompson,
Christian Veillet

Affiliations

Benjamin N. L. Sharkey: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Vishnu Reddy: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Renu Malhotra: Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona
Audrey Thirouin: Lowell Observatory
Olga Kuhn: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
Albert Conrad: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
Barry Rothberg: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
Juan A. Sanchez: Planetary Science Institute
David Thompson: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona
Christian Veillet: Large Binocular Telescope Observatory, University of Arizona

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-021-00303-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The Earth’s most stable quasi-satellite, Kamoʻoalewa, displays an extremely red reflectance spectrum typical of space weathering of lunar-like silicate material which raises the possibility that it is formed of material originating from the Moon

Published in Communications Earth & Environment

ISSN: 2662-4435 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Geology; Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Environmental sciences
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsenv/

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