Radar detection of near-earth asteroids 2062 Aten, 2101 Adonis, 3103 Eger, 4544 Xanthus, and 1992 QN

Icarus

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 296-312

  Benner, Lance A M ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Giorgini, Jon D ^a   Jurgens, Raymond F ^a   Mitchell, David L ^a   Rose, Randy ^a   Rosema, Keith D ^a   Slade, Martin A ^a   Winkler, Ron ^a   Yeomans, Donald K ^a   Campbell, Donald B ^b   Chandler, John F ^c   Shapiro, Irwin I ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Department of Astronomy   (United States)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 0031539907     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5834     Document Type: Article

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