The lunar opposition effect: A test of alternative models

Icarus

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 2-14

  Helfenstein, Paul ^a   Veverka, Joseph ^a   Hillier, John ^a  

^a National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

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EID: 0031184860     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5726     Document Type: Article

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