The Porosity of Dark Meteorites and the Structure of Low-Albedo Asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 213-219

  Britt, D T ^a   Consolmagno G j s j , ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b VATICAN OBSERVATORY   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Composition; Eros; Eugenia; Gaspra; Geological processes; Ida; Mathilde; Meteorites; Surfaces; Vesta

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002527824     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6374     Document Type: Article

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