X-ray fluorescence measurements of the surface elemental composition of asteroid 433 Eros

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 36, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 1673-1695

  Nittler, Larry R ^a   Starr, Richard D ^b   Lim, Lucy ^c   Mccoy, Timothy J ^d   Burbine, Thomas H ^d   Reedy, Robert C ^e   Trombka, Jacob I ^a   Gorenstein, Paul ^f   Squyres, Steven W ^c   Boynton, William V ^g   Mcclanahan, Timothy P ^a   Bhangoo, Jesse S ^g   Clark, Pamela E ^b   Ellen Murphy, Mary ^b   Killen, Rosemary ^h  

^a NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

^c Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

^d SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION   (United States)

^e LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 0035673244     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2001.tb01856.x     Document Type: Article

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