Near-IR spectral evidence for the presence of iron-poor orthopyroxenes on the surfaces of six M-type asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 141-158

  Hardersen, Paul S ^a   Gaffey, Michael J ^a   Abell, Paul A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids, composition; Infrared observations; Iron meteorites, parent bodies; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 17044396817     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.10.017     Document Type: Article

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