A search for rotational variations on trans-Neptunian objects

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 475, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 369-374

  Alvarez Candal, A ^a   Barucci, M A ^a   Merlin, F ^a   Guilbert, A ^a   De Bergh, C ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

Kuiper Belt; Techniques: spectroscopic

Indexed keywords

INFRARED SPECTROGRAPHS; PLANETS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

FLAT REFLECTANCE; INTEGRAL FIELD SPECTROGRAPH; KUIPER BELT; ROTATIONAL HETEROGENEITY;

ASTROPHYSICS;

EID: 36348955542     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:20078123     Document Type: Article

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