Higher albedos and size distribution of large transneptunian objects

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1319-1330

  Lykawka, Patryk Sofia ^a   Mukai, Tadashi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Albedos; Kuiper belt; Size distribution; Solar system; Transneptunian belt

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; LUMINESCENCE; ORBITS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ALBEDOS; KUIPER BELT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSNEPTUNIAN BELT;

PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS;

EID: 26444559067     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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