Exploring the surface properties of transneptunian objects and Centaurs with polarimetric FORS1/VLT observations

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1239-1248

  Bagnulo, S ^a   Boehnhardt, H ^b   Muinonen, K ^c   Kolokolova, L ^d   Belskaya, I ^e   Barucci, M A ^f  

^a EUROPEAN SOUTHERN OBSERVATORY   (Chile)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c Observatory   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^e V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^f OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Kuiper Belt; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; LIGHT SCATTERING; POLARIMETERS; POLARIZATION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BROADBAND PHOTOMETRY; ELECTRIC VECTOR E; KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM BODIES;

RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS;

EID: 33646418694     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054518     Document Type: Article

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