Physical characterization of the potentially hazardous high-albedo Asteroid (33342) 1998 WT24 from thermal-infrared observations

Icarus

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 414-424

  Harris, Alan W ^a   Mueller, Michael ^a   Delbó, Marco ^b   Bus, Schelte J ^c  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Infrared observations; Photometry; Spectrophotometry

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247847890     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.12.003     Document Type: Article

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