Multi-wavelength observations of Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 20-38

  Shepard, Michael K ^a   Clark, Beth Ellen ^b   Nolan, Michael C ^c   Benner, Lance A M ^d   Ostro, Steven J ^d   Giorgini, Jon D ^d   Vilas, Faith ^e,n   Jarvis, Kandy ^f   Lederer, Susan ^g   Lim, Lucy F ^h   McConnochie, Tim ⁱ   Bell, James ⁱ   Margot, Jean Luc ⁱ   Rivkin, Andrew ^j   Magri, Christopher ^k   Scheeres, Daniel ^l   Pravec, Petr ^m  

^a BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^c Department of Astronomy   (United States)

^d CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^j JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY APPLIED PHYSICS LABORATORY   (United States)

^k UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

^l UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^m ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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Author keywords

Asteroids; composition; Radar observations; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849036887     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.006     Document Type: Article

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