NEAR Encounter with Asteroid 253 Mathilde: Overview

Icarus

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 3-16

  Veverka, J ^a   Thomas, P ^a   Harch, A ^a   Clark, B ^a   Bell III, J F ^a   Carcich, B ^a   Joseph, J ^a   Murchie, S ^b   Izenberg, N ^b   Chapman, C ^c   Merline, W ^c   Malin, M ^d   McFadden, L ^e   Robinson, M ^f  

^a Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^b APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MALIN SPACE SCIENCE SYSTEMS   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Asteroids; asteroids; Eros; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002853093     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6120     Document Type: Article

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