Physical properties of near-Earth asteroids from thermal infrared observations and thermal modeling

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1929-1936

  Delbó, Marco ^a,b   Harris, Allan W ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBEDO; ASTEROID; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; THERMAL STRUCTURE;

EID: 0036973334     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2002.tb01174.x     Document Type: Article

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