Spectrophotometry of Kuiper Belt Objects 20000 Varuna, 2000 EB173 and Centaur 10199 chariklo

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Lederer, Susan M ^a,b   Vilas, Faith ^a  

^a NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 3242815220     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031937.49331.fc     Document Type: Article

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