Mineralogical characterization of Baptistina Asteroid Family: Implications for K/T impactor source

Icarus

Volumn 216, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 184-197

  Reddy, Vishnu ^a   Carvano, Jorge M ^b   Lazzaro, Daniela ^b   Michtchenko, Tatiana A ^c   Gaffey, Michael J ^a   Kelley, Michael S ^d   Mothé Diniz, Thais ^e   Alvarez Candal, Alvaro ^f   Moskovitz, Nicholas A ^g   Cloutis, Edward A ^h   Ryan, Erin L ⁱ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d GEORGIA SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^f Alonso de Córdova 3107 ^*  (Chile)

^g GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Impact processes; Mineralogy; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053446727     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.08.027     Document Type: Article

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