Results of the PROGRA2 Experiment: An Experimental Study in Microgravity of Scattered Polarized Light by Dust Particles with Large Size Parameter

Icarus

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 281-297

  Worms, Jean Claude ^a   Renard, Jean Baptiste ^b   Hadamcik, Edith ^c   Levasseur Regourd, Anny Chantal ^c   Gayet, Jean François ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Comets; Experimental techniques; Polarimetry; Regoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000262910     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6188     Document Type: Article

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