Searching for water ice on 47171 1999 TC36, 1998 SG35, and 2000 QC243: ESO Large program on TNOs and Centaurs

Icarus

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 408-414

  Dotto, E ^a,e   Barucci, M A ^b   Boehnhardt, H ^c   Romon, J ^b   Doressoundiram, A ^b   Peixinho, N ^b,f   de Bergh, C ^b   Lazzarin, M ^d  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^d ENT Department of Padova   (Italy)

^e INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

Author keywords

1998 SG35; 2000 QC243; 47171 1999 TC36; Centaurs; Near infrared; Photometry; Spectroscopy; Transneptunian objects; Visible

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037947658     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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