Near-infrared spectroscopic survey of B-type asteroids: Compositional analysis

Icarus

Volumn 218, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 196-206

  De Leon J ^a   Pinilla Alonso, N ^b,c,d   Campins, H ^e   Licandro, J ^f,g   Marzo, G A ^h  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b Institute for Investigation in Immunology iii   (Brazil)

^c SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Observatório do Valongo: Ladeira Pedro Antonio ^*  (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^f INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE CANARIAS   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^h ENEA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids, Composition; Meteorites; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855769196     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.11.024     Document Type: Article

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