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Extremely strong polarization of an active asteroid (3200) Phaethon

The near-Earth asteroid (3200) Phaethon is the parent body of the Geminid meteor stream. Phaethon is also an active asteroid with a very blue spectrum. We conducted polarimetric observations of this asteroid over a wide range of solar phase angles α during its close approach to the Earth in autumn 2...

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Autores principales: Ito, Takashi, Ishiguro, Masateru, Arai, Tomoko, Imai, Masataka, Sekiguchi, Tomohiko, Bach, Yoonsoo P., Kwon, Yuna G., Kobayashi, Masanori, Ishimaru, Ryo, Naito, Hiroyuki, Watanabe, Makoto, Kuramoto, Kiyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6021421/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29950658
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04727-2