The color of the Kuiper belt Core

Icarus

Volumn 183, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 168-178

  Gulbis, Amanda A S ^a   Elliot, J L ^a,b   Kane, Julia F ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuiper belt objects; Photometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 33646950724     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.01.021     Document Type: Article

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