An age-colour relationship for main-belt S-complex asteroids

Nature

Volumn 429, Issue 6989, 2004, Pages 275-277

  Jedicke, Robert ^a   Nesvorńy, David ^b   Whiteley, Robert ^c   Ivezić, Željko ^d   Jurić, Mario ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Los Angeles Air Force Base   (United States)

^d PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH (PLANET); EXTRAPOLATION; METEORITES; RESEARCH LABORATORIES; SPACECRAFT;

ASTEROID COLLISIONS; PLANETARY SCIENCE; SPACE WEATHERING;

ASTROPHYSICS;

ASTEROID; METEORITE; PARENT BODY; PETROGENESIS; WEATHERING;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; COSMIC RADIATION; MINERALOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLAR RADIATION; SPACE; WEATHERING;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 2542492030     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature02578     Document Type: Article

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