Is the missing ultra-red material colorless ice?

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 560-563

  Grundy, W M ^a  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Centaurs; Ices; Kuiper belt; Spectroscopy; Transneptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649089587     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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