Resolution of the Kuiper belt object color controversy: Two distinct color populations

Icarus

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 181-191

  Tegler, Stephen C ^a   Romanishin, W ^b  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurs; Kuiper belt objects; Trans Neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037222971     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00021-0     Document Type: Article

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