Physical Observations of 1996 PW and 1997 SE5: Extinct Comets or D-Type Asteroids?

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 354-359

  Hicks, M D ^a   Buratti, B J ^a   Newburn Jr , R L ^a   Rabinowitz, D L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Photometry; Rotation; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001461325     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6258     Document Type: Article

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