Space weathering and the interpretation of asteroid reflectance spectra

Icarus

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 564-574

  Gaffey, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids, Composition; Asteroids, Surfaces; Meteorites; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956297308     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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