Spectral observations of 19 weathered and 23 fresh NEAs and their correlations with orbital parameters

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 175-188

  Fevig, Ronald A ^a   Fink, Uwe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; composition; dynamics; Spectroscopy; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147093662     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.11.023     Document Type: Article

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