Polarimetry of main belt asteroids: Wavelength dependence

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-105

  Belskaya, Irina N ^a   Levasseur Regourd, Anny Chantal ^b   Cellino, Alberto ^c   Efimov, Yuriy S ^d   Shakhovskoy, Nikolay M ^d   Hadamcik, Edith ^b   Bendjoya, Philippe ^e  

^a V N KARAZIN KHARKIV NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^d CRIMEAN ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY   (Ukraine)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Polarimetry; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 57549112039     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.010     Document Type: Article

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