The isophote maps of the Gegenschein obtained by CCD observations

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 50, Issue 6-7, 1998, Pages 477-480

  Ishiguro, Masateru ^a   Fukushima, Hideo ^b   Kinoshita, Daisuke ^c   Mukai, Tadashi ^a   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^a   Watanabe, Jun Ichi ^b   Watanabe, Takeshi ^a   James, John F ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY OF JAPAN   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NONE   (United Kingdom)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL PROPERTY; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0032458359     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352137     Document Type: Article

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