Spectroscopic survey of M-type asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 655-673

  Fornasier, S ^a,b   Clark, B E ^a,c   Dotto, E ^d   Migliorini, A ^e   Ockert Bell, M ^c   Barucci, M A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

^d INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI ROMA   (Italy)

^e INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids, Surfaces; Meteorites; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049529658     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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