Quantitative modeling of the spectral reflectance of Kuiper Belt objects and Centaurs

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 783-789

  Cruikshank, Dale P ^a   Roush, Ted L ^a   Poulet, François ^b  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Centaur objects; Kuiper Belt; Light scattering; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346903918     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2003.10.007     Document Type: Short Survey

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