Size and Orbit Dependent Trends in the Reflectance Colors of Earth-Approaching Asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 134, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 342-346

  Rabinowitz, David L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001213411     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5951     Document Type: Article

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