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21 - Asteroids

from IV - Solar system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Alberto Cellino ,
Ricardo Gil-Hutton  and
Irina Belskaya
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Ludmilla Kolokolova ,
James Hough  and
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
Ludmilla Kolokolova
Affiliation:
University of Maryland, College Park
James Hough
Affiliation:
University of Hertfordshire
Anny-Chantal Levasseur-Regourd
Affiliation:
Université de Paris VI (Pierre et Marie Curie)
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Polarimetry of Stars and Planetary Systems , pp. 360 - 378
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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