Extracting spectral information about 253 Mathilde using the NEAR photometry

Icarus

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 440-449

  Vilas, Faith ^a   Jensen, Elizabeth A ^b,c   McFadden, Lucy A ^d  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 0031256776     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5792     Document Type: Article

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