Astrometric masses of 21 asteroids, and an integrated asteroid ephemeris

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-42

  Baer, James ^a   Chesley, Steven R ^b  

^a South University   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Asteroid masses; Asteroid porosity; Astrometric masses; Ephemerides; N body

Indexed keywords

EID: 38349059792     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: 15729478     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10569-007-9103-8     Document Type: Article

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