Physical characterisation of near-Earth asteroid (1620) Geographos
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Physical characterisation of near-Earth asteroid (1620) Geographos: reconciling radar and thermal-infrared observations
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عنوان ژورنال: Astronomy & Astrophysics
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0004-6361,1432-0746
DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/201323090