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UCF student’s comparative analysis of primiti - EurekAlert


<p>The primitive asteroids that UCF&nbsp;physics doctoral&nbsp;student Brittany Harvison studies carry with them traces of their origins and billions of years of our solar system&rsquo;s history.</p> <p>Harvison recently pored through a library of infrared telescope data to analyze the spectral composition of 25 members of the Erigone family of primitive asteroids and help fill in the gaps in our understanding of the creation of our solar system.</p> <p>The data on the Erigone asteroids, which are located in the main asteroid belt found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, was collected as part of the PRIMitive Asteroid Spectroscopic Survey (PRIMASS) project co-led by UCF planetary scientist Noem&iacute; Pinilla-Alonso.</p> <p>Harvison&rsquo;s work, which was published recently in the journal Icarus, lays the foundation for future research, and may get scientists closer to concluding if asteroids brought water to Earth and if so, how much.</p>

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