Mineralogical characterization of some basaltic asteroids in the neighborhood of (4) Vesta: First results

Icarus

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 120-132

  Duffard, René ^a   Lazzaro, Daniela ^a   Licandro, Javier ^b,c   De Sanctis, Maria Cristina ^d   Capria, Maria Teresa ^d   Carvano, Jorge M ^a  

^a OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^b ISAAC NEWTON GROUP OF TELESCOPES   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^d Ist Astrof Spaz Fis Cosmica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroid composition; Asteroids; Surfaces, asteroids; Vesta

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344651511     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.05.004     Document Type: Article

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