Current State and Issues of Meteorite-Asteroid Mineralogical Remote Sensing

Abstract

The meteorite-asteroid link has been strengthened through remote-sensing studies during the last than 35 years. However, more detailed quantitative comparison still faces with many challenges. Among them are effects of regolith physical properties, space weathering, and temperature. Although there are several tools such as Hapke's photometric and space weathering models, their use and limitations can pose problems. I will address such issues and possible contributions by Hayabusa Mission.