Constraints on the surface composition of Trojan asteroids from near-infrared (0.8-4.0μm) spectroscopy

Icarus

Volumn 164, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-121

  Emery, Josh P ^a   Brown, R H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids, composition; Infrared observations; Organic chemistry; Spectroscopy; Surfaces, asteroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043206027     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00143-X     Document Type: Article

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