Asteroid 4179 Toutatis: 1996 Radar Observations

Icarus

Volumn 137, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 122-139

  Ostro, Steven J ^a   Hudson, R Scott ^b   Rosema, Keith D ^a   Giorgini, Jon D ^a   Jurgens, Raymond F ^a   Yeomans, Donald K ^a   Chodas, Paul W ^a   Winkler, Ron ^a   Rose, Randy ^a   Choate, Dennis ^a   Cormier, Reginald A ^a   Kelley, Dan ^a   Littlefair, Ron ^a   Benner, Lance A M ^a   Thomas, Michael L ^a   Slade, Martin A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Radar; Toutatis

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000317656     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6031     Document Type: Article

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