We present new visible and near-infrared spectroscopic observations of 4 small, previously unclassified, near-Earth objects (NEOs). They
appear to have basaltic surfaces, and hence they can be classified as V-types. Their visible spectra exhibit a closer spectral match with the
Main-Belt (MB) Asteroid (4) Vesta than the other, presently known, V-type NEOs and MB asteroids. The near-infrared spectrum of Asteroid
2003 FT3 shows—for the first time among NEOs—a peculiar shape of the 1 µm band, maybe suggesting an overabundance of olivine
compared to the other V-types and to (4) Vesta. The presence of V-type objects among NEOs may be a consequence of the delivery processes
connecting the inner MB to the near-Earth region. On the basis of the orbital parameters of the NEOs presented here, both the resonances
(3:1 andν6), usually considered as the most relevant gateways for the production of near-Earth asteroids, should have been active to transfer
the bodies from the MB region.
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