Near-Earth asteroid surface roughness depends on compositional class

Icarus

Volumn 198, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 294-304

  Benner, Lance A M ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Magri, Christopher ^b   Nolan, Michael C ^c   Howell, Ellen S ^c   Giorgini, Jon D ^a   Jurgens, Raymond F ^a   Margot, Jean Luc ^d   Taylor, Patrick A ^d   Busch, Michael W ^e   Shepard, Michael K ^f  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

^c Arecibo Observatory   (United States)

^d Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^f BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; composition; Near Earth objects; Radar observations; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949115797     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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