Stellar occultation by 2060 Chiron

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 478-490

  Bus, Schelte J ^a,b   Buie, Marc W ^b   Schleicher, David G ^b   Hubbard, William B ^c   Marcialis, Robert L ^c   Hill, Richard ^c   Wasserman, Lawrence H ^b   Spencer, John R ^b   Millis, Robert L ^b   Franz, Otto G ^b   Bosh, Amanda S ^b   Dunham, Edward W ^d   Ford, Charles H ^d   Young, James W ^e   Elliot, J L ^a,b   Meserole, Richard ^a   Olkin, Catherine B ^a   McDonald, Stephen W ^a   Foust, Jeffrey A ^a   Sopata, Lisa M ^a   Bandyopadhyay, Reba M ^a   more..

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0030268333     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0173     Document Type: Article

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