Optical colours of near-Earth objects

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 500, 2002, Pages 915-918

  Dandy, Catherine L ^a   Fitzsimmons, A ^a   Collander Brown, S J ^a   Asher, David ^b   Bailey, Mark E ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Colour; Photometry

Indexed keywords

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; COLOR; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOMETRY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RESONANCE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

THERMAL INFRARED MEASUREMENTS;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 0036664502     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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