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23 - Transneptunian objects and Centaurs

from IV - Solar system

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 May 2015

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Irina Belskaya  and
Stefano Bagnulo
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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. 405 - 418
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2015

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