The Unusual Spectra of 15 Near-Earth Asteroids and Extinct Comet Candidates

Icarus

Volumn 133, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 69-78

  Hicks, Michael D ^a   Fink, Uwe ^b   Grundy, William M ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0001926481     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5911     Document Type: Article

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