2060 Chiron back to a minimum of brightness

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1547-1550

  Lazzaro, Daniela ^a   Florczak, Marcos A ^a,b   Betzler, Alberto ^a,c   Winter, Othon C ^d   Giuliatti Winter, Silvia M ^d   Angeli, Claudia A ^a,e   Foryta, Dietmar W ^f  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSIDADE TECNOLÓGICA FEDERAL DO PARANÁ   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PARANÁ   (Brazil)

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EID: 0011713091     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(96)00111-0     Document Type: Article

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