Background and activities
Thais Mothe-Diniz has a PhD in Astronomy, Cand.Scient Astrophysics. She has 16 years of experience as a researcher/research leader in Astrophysics and several years as a senior lecturer/professor and experience as advisor/coordinator. Long experience with planning, establishing and implementing national and international projects, both as project employee and project manager/coordinator.
Scientific, academic and artistic work
A selection of recent journal publications, artistic productions, books, including book and report excerpts. See all publications in the database
Journal publications
- (2018) PRIMASS visits Hilda and Cybele groups. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 311.
- (2013) Mineralogical investigation of several Qp asteroids and their relation to the Vesta family. Astronomy and Astrophysics.
- (2011) New observations of astroid (175706) 1996 FG3, primary target of the ESA Marco Polo-R mission. Astronomy and Astrophysics.
- (2011) The M-/X-asteroid menagerie . results of an NIR spectral survey of 45 main-belt astroids. Meteoritics and Planetary Science. vol. 46 (12).
- (2011) Mineralogical characterization of Baptistina Asteroid Family : Implications for K/T impactor source. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 216 (1).
- (2011) Corrigendum to "Using the youngest asteroid clusters to constrain the Space Weathering and Gardening rate on S-complex asteroids" [ICARUS 208 (2010) 758-772]. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 214 (2).
- (2011) Near-infrared spectroscopy of primitive asteroid families. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 213 (2).
- (2010) Water ice and organics on the surface of the asteroid 24 Themis. Nature. vol. 464.
- (2010) SDSS-based taxonomic classification and orbital distribution of main belt asteroids. Astronomy and Astrophysics. vol. 510.
- (2010) Spectroscopy of B-type asteroids : Subgroups and meteorite analogs. Journal of Geophysical Research - Planets. vol. 115 (E6).
- (2010) Using the youngest asteroid clusters to constrain the Space weathering and Gardening rate on S-complex asteroids. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 208 (2).
- (2009) Spectroscopy of K-complex asteroids: Parent bodies of carbonaceous meteorites?. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 202 (1).
- (2008) Mineralogical analysis of the Eos family from near-infrared spectra. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 195 (1).
- (2008) Tirela: an unusual asteroid family in the outer main belt. Astronomy and Astrophysics. vol. 492 (2).
- (2008) Visible spectroscopy of extremely young asteroid families. Astronomy and Astrophysics. vol. 486 (2).
- (2008) Fugitives from the Vesta family. Icarus (New York, N.Y. 1962). vol. 193 (1).
- (2007) Nuclear Spectra of Comet 28P Neujmin 1. Astronomical Journal. vol. 134 (4).
- (2007) The nature of comet-asteroid transition object (3200) Phaethon. Astronomy and Astrophysics. vol. 461 (2).
- (2006) Nuclear Spectra of Comet 162P/Siding Spring (2004 TU12). Astronomical Journal. vol. 132 (3).
- (2005) 221 Eos: a remnant of a partially differentiated parent body?. Astronomy and Astrophysics. vol. 442 (2).