The Puzzling Case of the Nysa-Polana Family

Icarus

Volumn 152, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 225-237

  Cellino, A ^a   Zappala V ^a   Doressoundiram, A ^b   Di Martino, M ^a   Bendjoya, Ph ^c   Dotto, E ^a   Migliorini, F ^a  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Impact processes; Spectroscopy; Thermal histories

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042126515     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2001.6634     Document Type: Article

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