Radar observations and a physical model of Asteroid 4660 Nereus, a prime space mission target

Icarus

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 153-166

  Brozovic, Marina ^a   Ostro, Steven J ^a   Benner, Lance A M ^a   Giorgini, Jon D ^a   Jurgens, Raymond F ^a   Rose, Randy ^a   Nolan, Michael C ^b   Hine, Alice A ^b   Magri, Christopher ^c   Scheeres, Daniel J ^d   Margot, Jean Luc ^e  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b National Astronomy and Ionosphere Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MAINE AT FARMINGTON   (United States)

^d University of Colorado   (United States)

^e Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Radar observations

Indexed keywords

EID: 63749086071     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.12.029     Document Type: Article

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