Spectral observations for near-Earth objects including potential target 4660 Nereus : Results from Meudon remote observations at the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility (IRTF)

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 291-296

  Binzel, Richard P ^a,d   Birlan, Mirel ^a   Bus, Schelte J ^b   Harris, Alan W ^c   Rivkin, Andrew S ^d   Fornasier, Sonia ^e  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e ENT Department of Padova   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Remote observation; Space mission; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; INFRARED DEVICES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REMOTE SENSING; ROBOTICS; SPACE TELESCOPES;

ASTEROIDS; REMOTE OBSERVATIONS; SPACE MISSION;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 1042288975     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2003.10.003     Document Type: Article

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