An extension of the Bus asteroid taxonomy into the near-infrared

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 160-180

  DeMeo, Francesca E ^a   Binzel, Richard P ^b   Slivan, Stephen M ^b   Bus, Schelte J ^c  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849114832     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.005     Document Type: Article

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