Albedo and size determination of potentially hazardous asteroids: (99942) Apophis

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 266-269

  Delbo M ^a,b   Cellino, A ^b   Tedesco, E F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Near Earth objects; Photometry; Polarimetry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34147101640     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.024     Document Type: Article

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