Surface composition and physical properties of several trans-neptunian objects from the Hapke scattering theory and Shkuratov model

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 945-954

  Merlin, F ^a,b   Barucci, M A ^a   de Bergh, C ^a   Fornasier, S ^a   Doressoundiram, A ^a   Perna, D ^a,c   Protopapa, S ^d  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Centaurs; Ices; Kuiper Belt; Spectroscopy; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954620769     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.014     Document Type: Article

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