Distribution of taxonomic classes in the main belt of asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 10-21

  Mothé Diniz, Thais ^a   Carvano, Jorge Márcio ^a   Lazzaro, Daniela ^a  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037355881     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(02)00066-0     Document Type: Article

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