Mutual Eclipse Events in Asteroidal Binary System 1996 FG3: Observations and a Numerical Model

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 556-567

  Mottola, Stefano ^a   Lahulla, Felix ^b  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b Observatorio Astronomico   (Spain)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Eclipses; Occultations; Photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001322887     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6421     Document Type: Article

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