Analysis of POSS images of comet-asteroid transition object 107P/1949 W1 (Wilson-Harrington)

Icarus

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 114-126

  Fernández, Yanga R ^a   McFadden, Lucy A ^a   Lisse, Carey M ^a   Helin, Eleanor F ^b   Chamberlin, Alan B ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031184874     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5728     Document Type: Article

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