Near-Earth Asteroid 2005 CR37: Radar images and photometry of a candidate contact binary

Icarus

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 474-481

  Benner, Lance A M ^a   Nolan, Michael C ^b   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Giorgini, Jon D ^a   Pray, Donald P ^c   Harris, Alan W ^d   Magri, Christopher ^e   Margot, Jean Luc ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^c Carbuncle Hill Observatory   (United States)

^d Space Science Institute ^*  (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

^f Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; asteroids; composition; Radar; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646557686     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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