The mystery of 506.5 nm feature of reflectance spectra of Vesta and Vestoids: Evidence for space weathering?

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1071-1075

  Hiroi, Takahiro ^a   Pieters, Carlé M ^a   Vilas, Faith ^b   Sasaki, Sho ^c   Hamabe, Yoshimi ^c   Kurahashi, Erika ^c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 0000690524     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03351705     Document Type: Article

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