Recent radar observations of asteroid 1566 Icarus

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 47, Issue 8-9, 1999, Pages 987-995

  Mahapatra, Pravas R ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^b   Benner, Lance A M ^b   Rosema, Keith D ^b   Jurgens, Raymond F ^b   Winkler, Ron ^b   Rose, Randy ^b   Giorgini, Jon D ^b   Yeomans, Donald K ^b   Slade, Martin A ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000508489     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(99)00015-x     Document Type: Article

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