Visible and near infrared spectroscopic investigation of E-type asteroids, including 2867 Steins, a target of the Rosetta mission

Icarus

Volumn 196, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 119-134

  Fornasier, S ^a,b   Migliorini, A ^c   Dotto, E ^d   Barucci, M A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Spectroscopy; surface

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149114699     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.02.015     Document Type: Article

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