The Composition of Centaur 5145 Pholus

Icarus

Volumn 135, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 389-407

  Cruikshank, D P ^a   Roush, T L ^a   Bartholomew, M J ^a   Geballe, T R ^b   Pendleton, Y J ^a   White, S M ^a   Bell III, J F ^c   Davies, J K ^b   Owen, T C ^b   De Bergh, C ^d   Tholen, D J ^b   Bernstein, M P ^a   Brown, R H ^e   Tryka, K A ^f   Dalle Ore, C M ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c Sterling Software NASA Ames Res C ^*  (United States)

^d OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^f NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000172037     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5997     Document Type: Article

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