Basaltic asteroids in the Near-Earth Objects population: A mineralogical analysis

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 456, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 775-781

  Duffard, R ^a,d   De Leon J ^b   Licandro, J ^b,c   Lazzaro, D ^a   Serra Ricart, M ^c  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^b INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^c ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Minor planets

Indexed keywords

ASTROPHYSICS; INFRARED RADIATION; METEORITES; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL TELESCOPES; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BASALTIC ASTEROIDS; MINOR PLANETS; MODIFIED GAUSSIAN METHOD; PYROXENE FEATURES;

SPACE RESEARCH;

EID: 33748804734     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20054347     Document Type: Article

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