Two new V-type asteroids in the outer Main Belt?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 229-234

  Duffard, R ^a,b   Roig, F ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Composition

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; BASALT; CHROMIUM; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; LITHOLOGY; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; SURVEYS; TAXONOMIES;

ABSORPTION BANDS; ASTEROID SURFACES; COMPOSITION; SLOAN DIGITAL SKY SURVEYS; STEEP SLOPES; SURFACE MINERALOGIES; VISIBLE REFLECTANCES;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 59349088586     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.009     Document Type: Article

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