Shape, size and multiplicity of main-belt asteroids. I. Keck Adaptive Optics survey

Icarus

Volumn 185, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 39-63

  Marchis, F ^a   Kaasalainen, M ^b   Hom, E F Y ^c   Berthier, J ^d   Enriquez, J ^a   Hestroffer, D ^d   Le Mignant, D ^e   de Pater, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d Institut de Mecanique Celeste et de Calcul des ephemerides   (France)

^e W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Data reduction techniques; Image processing; Infrared observations; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749340983     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.06.001     Document Type: Article

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