Discovery of two distinct polarimetric behaviours of trans-Neptunian objects

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 491, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Bagnulo, S ^a   Belskaya, I ^b   Muinonen, K ^c   Tozzi, G P ^d   Barucci, M A ^e   Kolokolova, L ^f   Fornasier, S ^e  

^a ARMAGH OBSERVATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTROFISICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuiper belt; Polarization; Scattering

Indexed keywords

POLARIZATION; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

AT PHASE; KUIPER BELT; LINEAR POLARIZATIONS; PHASE ANGLES; POLARIMETRIC OBSERVATIONS; POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS; POWERFUL TOOLS; SCATTERING PLANES; SENSING TOOLS; SMALL BODIES;

POLARIMETERS;

EID: 57049084738     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: 14320746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361:200810938     Document Type: Article

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