Polarimetric Observations of Small Asteroids: Preliminary Results

Icarus

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 129-140

  Cellino, A ^a   Hutton, R Gil ^b   Tedesco, E F ^c   Di Martino, M ^a   Brunini, A ^d  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b Observ Felix Aguilar S Yale O ^*  (Argentina)

^c TerraSystems Incorporated   (United States)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001705150     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.6062     Document Type: Article

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