Radar observations of asteroid 3908 Nyx

Icarus

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 379-388

  Benner, Lance A M ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Hudson, R Scott ^b   Rosema, Keith D ^a,e   Jurgens, Raymond F ^a   Yeomans, Donald K ^a   Campbell, Donald B ^c   Chandler, John F ^d   Shapiro, Irwin I ^d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^d HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^e Department of Electrical Egnineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036695945     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6869     Document Type: Article

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