Rosetta target asteroid 2867 Steins: An unusual E-type asteroid

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 905-914

  Weissman, Paul R ^a   Hicks, Michael D ^a   Abell, Paul A ^b,c   Choi, Young Jun ^a,e   Lowry, Stephen C ^a,d  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^e Korea Astronomy and Space Science Research Institute   (South Korea)

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EID: 54449096255     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2008.tb01089.x     Document Type: Article

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