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WE PROPOSE TO PERFORM A VISIBLE AND NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIC SURVEY OF CANDIDATE RED ASTEROIDS IN THE MIDDLE AND OUTER MAIN BELT TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL TROJAN-LIKE OUTER SOLAR SYSTEM MATERIAL. WE USED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY FROM THE SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEY (SDSS) MOVING OBJECT CATALOG (MOC) TO SELECT CANDIDATE ASTEROIDS WITH SLOPES IN EXCESS OF THE AVERAGE "RED" TROJAN SPECTRAL SLOPE. WE WILL INVESTIGATE THE DISTRIBUTION OF THESE RED OBJECTS THROUGHOUT THE MAIN BELT IN ORDER TO PROVIDE FURTHER CONSTRAINTS ON DYNAMICAL MODELS OF GIANT PLANET MIGRATION IN THE EARLY SOLAR SYSTEM. THE PRESENCE OR ABSENCE OF THESE RED OBJECTS WILL INFORM OUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT MATERIAL WAS TRANSPORTED INTO THE MAIN BELT.

$331,702FY2020National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationNASA

Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff AZ

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