Evidence for a color dependence in the size distribution of main-belt asteroids

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 133, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1609-1614

  Wiegert, Paul ^a   Balam, David ^b   Moss, Andrea ^a   Veillet, Christian ^c   Connors, Martin ^d   Shelton, Ian ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^c CANADA FRANCE HAWAII TELESCOPE   (United States)

^d ATHABASCA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Minor planets, asteroids; Solar system: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247546677     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/512128     Document Type: Article

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