High albedos of low inclination Classical Kuiper belt objects

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 284-294

  Brucker, M J ^a,b   Grundy, W M ^a   Stansberry, J A ^c   Spencer, J R ^d   Sheppard, S S ^e   Chiang, E I ^f   Buie, M W ^d  

^a LOWELL OBSERVATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Infrared observations; Kuiper belt; Trans neptunian objects; Trojan asteroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 60449109753     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.040     Document Type: Article

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