The near earth asteroid rendezvous mission to asteroid 433 Eros: A milestone in the study of asteroids and their relationship to meteorites

Chemie der Erde

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 89-121

  McCoy, Timothy J ^a   Robinson, Mark S ^b   Nittler, Larry R ^c   Burbine, Thomas H ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

433 Eros; Asteroid chemistry; Asteroid geology; Asteroids; Meteorite asteroid links; Meteorites; NEAR mission; Spacecraft missions

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; GEOCHEMISTRY; METEORITE; MINERALOGY;

EID: 0036325830     PISSN: 00092819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0009-2819-00004     Document Type: Review

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