The McDonald Observatory serendipitous UV/blue spectral survey of asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 121-129

  Cochran, Anita L ^a   Vilas, Faith ^b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0031138648     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5666     Document Type: Article

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