Radar observations of asteroids 1 Ceres, 2 Pallas, and 4 Vesta

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 113-133

  Mitchell, David L ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Hudson, R Scott ^b   Rosema, Keith D ^a   Campbell, Donald B ^c   Vélez, Reinaldo ^d   Chandler, John F ^e   Shapiro, Irwin I ^e   Giorgini, Jon D ^a   Yeomans, Donald K ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Washington State University   (United States)

^c Department of Astronomy   (United States)

^d ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^e HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

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EID: 16144366236     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0193     Document Type: Article

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