Discovery and physical properties of Dactyl, a satellite of asteroid 243 Ida

Nature

Volumn 374, Issue 6525, 1995, Pages 783-785

  Chapman, C R ^a   Veverka, J ^b   Thomas, P C ^b   Klaasen, K ^c   Belton, M J S ^d   Harch, A ^b,c   McEwen, A ^e   Johnson, T V ^c   Helfenstein, P ^b   Davies, M E ^f   Merline, W J ^a   Denk, T ^g  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^e U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

^f RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^g Inst fuer Planetenerkundung   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; DACTYL; SATELLITE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0028870867     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/374783a0     Document Type: Article

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