Detection of water ice on 2060 chiron

Icarus

Volumn 141, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 408-410

  Foster, Michael J ^a   Green, Simon F ^a   McBride, Neil ^a   Davies, John K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurs; Chiron; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001337621     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6180     Document Type: Article

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