Mass and density of Asteroid 121 Hermione from an analysis of its companion orbit

Icarus

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 450-464

  Marchis, F ^a   Hestroffer, D ^b   Descamps, P ^b   Berthier, J ^b   Laver, C ^a   de Pater, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroid Hermoine; Infrared observations; Mass; Minor planets; Orbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 27644442377     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2005.05.003     Document Type: Article

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