Brightness and color of rapidly moving objects: The visual appearance of a large sphere revisited

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 56-60

  Kraus, U ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

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EID: 0034387566     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.19373     Document Type: Article

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