Visible and Infrared Photometry of Fourteen Kuiper Belt Objects

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 253-262

  Davies, John K ^a   Green, Simon ^b   McBride, Neil ^b   Muzzerall, Erica ^a   Tholen, David J ^a   Whiteley, Robert J ^a   Foster, Michael J ^b   Hillier, Jon K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Centaurs; Infrared; Kuiper Belt objects; Photometry; Visible

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001149776     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6363     Document Type: Article

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