Characterization of terrestrial exoplanets based on the phase curves and albedos of Mercury, Venus and Mars

Icarus

Volumn 204, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 11-14

  Mallama, Anthony ^a,b  

^a Raytheon Information Solutions   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Extrasolar planets; Mars; Mercury; Photometry; Venus

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349786948     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.07.010     Document Type: Article

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