Colors and spectra of Kuiper belt objects

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 2099-2114

  Jewitt, David C ^a   Luu, Jane X ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Kuiper belt; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011707860     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/323304     Document Type: Article

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