9 Metis and 113 Amalthea: A Genetic Asteroid Pair

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 27-38

  Kelley, Michael S ^a   Gaffey, Michael J ^a  

^a Research Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Amalthea; Asteroids; Composition; Metis; Spectrophotometry; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346546755     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6266     Document Type: Article

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