Minor element evidence that Asteroid 433 Eros is a space-weathered ordinary chondrite parent body

Icarus

Volumn 184, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 338-343

  Foley, C N ^a   Nittler, L R ^a   McCoy, T J ^b   Lim, L F ^c   Brown, M R M ^b,d   Starr, R D ^e   Trombka, J I ^c  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PALEOBIOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; composition; Meteorites; Solar radiation; Spectroscopy; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748884398     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.05.011     Document Type: Article

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