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  • , Lazzaro, D., Florczak, M.A., Angeli, C.A., Carvano, J.M., Betzler, A.S., Casati, A.A., Barucci, M.A., Doressoundiram, A., & Lazzarin, M.
    Photometric monitoring of 2060 Chiron's brightness at perihelion
    1997, Planetary and Space Science, v. 45, p. 1607-1614.

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  • ?
    CHIRON STILL A PUZZLE
    1991, BRITISH ASTRON. ASSOC. JNL. V.101, NO. 3/JUN, P.136, 1991
  • ?
    2060 CHIRON = COMET KOWAL
    1989, SKY AND TELESCOPE V. 78, NO. 1/JUL, P. 14, 1989
  • ?
    2060 CHIRON UPDATE
    1988, SKY AND TELESCOPE V. 75, NO. 6/JUN, P.583, 1988
  • ?
    CHIRON BRIGHTENS
    1988, SKY AND TELESCOPE V. 75, NO. 4/APR, P.358, 1988
  • ?
    MUREX VERSUS CHIRON
    1995, NATURE V.378, NO.6556/NOV30, P. 425, 1995

    A

  • Alexeev, V. A. & Lavrukhina, A. K.
    Cosmogenic Mn-53 in meteorites
    1985, In NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center 19th Intern. Cosmic Ray Conf., Vol. 5 p 418-421 (SEE N85-34991 23-93)
  • Allen, R. L., Bernstein, G., Guhathakurta, P. & Williams, G. V.
    1999 JV127
    1999, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1999-L18 (1999).
  • Altenhoff, W.J. & Stumpff, P.
    Size estimate of "asteroid" 2060 chiron from 250GHz measurements.
    1995, Astron. Astrophys. 293L, L41-L42 (1995)
  • Ashbrook, J.
    Kowal's Strange Slow-Moving Object
    1978, Sky and Telescope, volume 55, page 4
  • Asher, D.J. & Steel, D.I.
    Orbital evolution of the large outer solar system object 5145 Pholus
    1993, Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices, vol. 263, no. 1, p. 179-190.

    B

  • Bailey, M. E.
    Origin of short-period comets
    1992, Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy, vol. 54, no. 1-3, p. 49-61.
  • Bailey, M. E., Chambers, J. E., & Hahn, G.
    Detection of comet nuclei at large heliocentric distances
    1992, Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices, vol. 254, Feb. 15, 1992, p. 581-588.
  • Barucci, M. A., Lazzarin, M. & Tozzi, G. P.
    Compositional Surface Variety among the Centaurs
    1999, The Astronomical Journal, Volume 117, Issue 4, pp. 1929-1932.
  • Barucci, M. A., Lazzarin, M., Owen, T., Barbieri, C., & Fulchignoni, M.
    Near-infrared spectroscopy of dark asteroids
    1994, Icarus, vol. 110, no. 2, p. 287-291
  • Basano, L. & Hughes, D. W.
    A modified Titius-Bode law for planetary orbits
    1979, Nuovo Cimento C, Serie 1, vol. 2C, Sept.-Oct. 1979, p. 505-510.
  • Bauer, J. M. & Meech, K. J.
    Observations of Chiron at Large Distances from the Sun
    1997, Meteoritics & Planetary Science, vol. 32, page A10
  • Bauer, J. M., Meech, K. J., Buie, M. W., & Hainaut, O. R.
    Long Term Observations of Chiron at Large Heliocentric Distances
    1997, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #29, #25.13
  • Benedict, G.F., Shelus, P.J., & Mulholland, J.D.
    Astrometric observations of the faint satellites of Jupiter and minor planets, 1974-1977
    1978, Astronomical Journal, vol. 83, Aug. 1978, p. 999-1002.
  • Benkhoff, J.
    Numerical Simulations of the Gas Flux at the surface of a 2060 Chiron
    1995, American Astronomical Society Meeting, 187, #42.08
  • Binzel, R. P.
    The optical spectrum of 5145 Pholus
    1992, Icarus, vol. 99, no. 1, p. 238-240.
  • Binzel, R. P.
    1997 CU26
    1997, IAU Circ., 6568, 2 (1997). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Boice, D. C., Konno, I., Stern, S. A., & Huebner, W. F.
    A preliminary model of the coma of 2060 Chiron
    1992, In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 p 85-88 (SEE N93-19113 06-90)
  • Boice, D. C., Konno, I., Stern, S. A., & Huebner, W. F.
    Modeling the coma of 2060 Chiron
    1991, In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Abstracts for the International Conference on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 p 26 (SEE N91-25982 17-90)
  • Boice, D. C., Sekiguchi, T., Ukita, N. & Hasegawa, H.
    Comet 95P/Chiron
    1999, IAU Circ., 7179, 3 (1999). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Bowell, E.
    Studies of asteroids, comets, and Jupiter's outer satellites
    1991, In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 15-17 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)
  • Bowell, E.
    Detection of CN emission from (2060) Chiron
    1991, In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Astronomy, 1991 p 145-146 (SEE N92-12792 03-89)
  • Bowell, E., Bus, S. J., Skiff, B. A., & Cunningham, C. J.
    (2060) Chiron
    1988, IAU Circ., 4579, 2 (1988). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Brosch, N.
    The first UV spectrum of 2060 Chiron*
    1995, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 276, Issue 4, pp. 1185-1190.
  • Brown, M. E.
    Infrared Spectroscopy of Centaurs and Irregular Satellites
    1998, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #30, #51.04
  • Brown, M. E. & Koresko, C. C.
    Detection of Water Ice on the Centaur 1997 CU 26
    1998, Astrophysical Journal Letters v.505, p.L65
  • Brown, Michael E., Koresko, Christopher D. & Blake, Geoffrey A.
    Detection of Water Ice on Nereid
    1998, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 508, Issue 2, pp. L175-L176.
  • Brown, R. H., Cruikshank, D. P., Pendleton, Y., & Veeder, G. J.
    Identification of Water Ice on the Centaur 1997 CU26
    1998, Science, Vol. 280, Iss. 5368, p. 1430 (1998)
  • Brown, W. R. & Luu, J. X.
    Physical Properties of Centaurs
    1997, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #29, #25.10
  • Brown, W. R. & Luu, J. X.
    CCD Photometry of the Centaur 1995 GO
    1997, Icarus, Volume 126, Issue 1, pp. 218-224.
  • Brown, Warren R. & Luu, Jane X.
    Properties of Model Comae around Kuiper Belt and Centaur Objects
    1998, Icarus, Volume 135, Issue 2, pp. 415-430.
  • Buie, M. W. & Bus, S. J.
    Physical observations of (5145) Pholus.
    1992, Icarus, vol. 100, p. 288-294 (1992)
  • Buie, M. W., Bus, S. J., & Skiff, B. A.
    1992 AD
    1992, IAU Circ., 5451, 2 (1992). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Buie, M. W., Olkin, C., McDonald, S., Ford, C., Foust, J., Sopata, L., Elliot, J. L., Marcialis, R., Hill, R., Bus, S., Meserole, R., Wasserman, L., Spencer, J., Dunham, E., Young, J., Jarrett, T. H., Beichman, C. A., Herter, T., Telesco, C., Schulz, B., Campins, H., & Osip, D.
    (2060) Chiron
    1993, IAU Circ., 5898, 1 (1993). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Buratti, B. J., Marcialis, R. L., & Dunbar, R. S.
    Photometry of the comet 2060 Chiron
    1991, In NASA, Washington, Reports of Planetary Geology and Geophysics Program, 1990 p 407-408 (SEE N92-10728 01-91)
  • Buratti, B. J., Marcialis, R. L., Howell, E. S., & Nolan, M. C.
    CCD photometry of 2060 Chiron, 1991 January
    1991, In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Abstracts for the International Conference on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 p 33 (SEE N91-25982 17-90)
  • Buratti, B.J. & Dunbar, R.S.
    Observation of a rapid decrease in the brightness of the coma of 2060 Chiron in 1990 January
    1991, Astrophysical Journal, Part 2 - Letters , vol. 366, Jan. 1, 1991, p. L47-L49.
  • Bus, S. J., Bowell, E., & French, L. M.
    (2060) Chiron
    1988, IAU Circ., 4684, 2 (1988). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Bus, S. J., Bowell, E., Harris, A. W., & Hewitt, A. V.
    2060 Chiron - CCD and electronographic photometry
    1989, Icarus, vol. 77, Feb. 1989, pt. 1, p. 223-238.
  • Bus, S. J., Bowell, E., Stern, S. A., & Ahearn, M. F.
    Chiron: Evidence for historic cometary activity
    1991, In Lunar and Planetary Inst., Abstracts for the International Conference on Asteroids, Comets, Meteors 1991 p 34 (SEE N91-25982 17-90)
  • Bus, S. J., Buie, M. W., Schleicher, D. G., Hubbard, W. B., Marcialis, R. L., Hill, R., Wasserman, L. H., Spencer, J. R., Millis, R. L., Franz, O. G., Bosh, A. S., Dunham, E. W., Ford, C. H., Young, J. W., Elliott, J. L., Meserole, R., Olkin, C. B., McDonald, S. W., Foust, J. A., Sopata, L. M., & Bandyopadhyay, R. M.
    Stellar Occultation by 2060 Chiron
    1996, Icarus, Volume 123, Issue 2, pp. 478-490.
  • Bus, S. J., Schwartz, G., McCrosky, R. E., & Shao, C.-Y.
    Supernova in Anonymous Galaxy
    1977, IAU Circ., 3140, 2 (1977). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Bus, S. J., Wasserman, L. H., & Elliot, J. L.
    Chiron stellar occultation candidates: 1993-1996
    1994, The Astronomical Journal, vol. 107, no. 5, p. 1814-1824
  • Bus, S.J., A'Hearn, M.F., Schleicher, D.G., & Bowell, E.
    Detection of CN emission from (2060) Chiron
    1991, Science, vol. 251, Feb. 15, 1991, p. 774-777.

    C

  • Campins, H. & Rieke, M.
    (2060) Chiron
    1996, IAU Circ., 6305, 1 (1996). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Campins, H., Jewitt, D., & Telesco, C.
    (2060) Chiron
    1992, IAU Circ., 5457, 2 (1992). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Campins, H., Telesco, C. M., Osip, D. J., Rieke, G. H., Rieke, M. J., & Schulz, B.
    The color temperature of (2060) Chiron: A warm and small nucleus
    1994, Astronomical Journal, vol. 108, no. 6, p. 2318-2322
  • Carini, M. T., Noble, J. C., & Miller, H. R.
    3C 446
    1992, IAU Circ., 5435, 2 (1992). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Chen, J., Jewitt, D., & Marsden, B. G.
    1994 TA
    1994, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1994-T01 (1994).
  • Chen, J., Jewitt, D., & Marsden, B. G.
    1994 TA
    1996, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1996-A10 (1996).
  • Cloutis, E. A.
    Constraints on the Organic Component on Asteroid Surfaces
    1996, Lunar and Planetary Science, volume 27, page 235
  • Clube, S. V. M. & Napier, W. M.
    Giant comets and the Galaxy - Implications of the terrestrial record
    1986, IN: The galaxy and the solar system (A87-34101 14-90). Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1986, p. 260-285.
  • Cochran, A. L. & Vilas, F.
    The McDonald Observatory Serendipitous UV_solarBlue Spectral Survey of Asteroids
    1997, Icarus, Volume 127, Issue 1, pp. 121-129.
  • Cochran, A. L., Barker, E., & Sawyer, S.
    (2060) Chiron
    1988, IAU Circ., 4586, 2 (1988). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Cochran, W. & Cochran, A. L.
    (2060) Chiron
    1990, IAU Circ., 5144, 1 (1990). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Cochran, W. D., Cochran, A. L., & Barker, E. S.
    Spectroscopy of asteroids in unusual orbits
    1986, IN: Asteroids, comets, meteors II; Proceedings of the International Meeting, Uppsala, Sweden, June 3-6, 1985 (A87-11901 02-90). Uppsala, Sweden, Astronomiska Observatoriet, 1986, p. 181-185.
  • Combes, M.-A. & Meeus, J.
    An exceptional new asteroid - 1977 UB
    1978, L'Astronomie, vol. 92, May 1978, p. 231-235. In French.
  • Croswell, K.
    TO THE EDGE; MISSIONS TO PLUTO AND NEPTUNE
    1992, ASTRONOMY, vol. 20(5) 35-41. Article.
  • Cruikshank, D. P., Hartmann, W. K., & Tholen, D. J.
    (2060) Chiron
    1988, IAU Circ., 4653, 1 (1988). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Cruikshank, D. P., Moroz, L. V., Geballe, T., Pieters, C. M., & Bell, J. F.
    Asphaltite-like organics on Planetesimal 5145 Pholus
    1993, Bull. Am. Astron. Soc., vol. 25, p. 1125-1126 (1993).
  • Cruikshank, D. P., Roush, T. L., Bartholomew, M. J., Geballe, T. R., Pendleton, Y. J., White, S. M., Bell, J. F., Davies, J. K., Owen, T. C., De Bergh, C., Tholen, D. J., Bernstein, M. P., Brown, R. H., Tryka, K. A., & Dalle Ore, C. M.
    The Composition of Centaur 5145 Pholus
    1998, Icarus, 135, 389-407
  • Cruikshank, D. P., Roush, T. L., Bartholomew, M. J., Pendleton, Y. J., White, S. M., Bernstein, M. P., Dalle Ore, C. M., Khare, B. N., Geballe, T. R., Davies, J. K., Owen, T. C., Tholen, D. J., De Bergh, C., Bell, J. F., I., Brown, R. H., & Tryka, K. A.
    Centaur 5145 Pholus As a Comet Nucleus
    1998, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #30, #42.01
  • Cunningham, C.
    THE ANOMALOUS BRIGHTENING OF 2060 CHIRON IN EARLY 1988 - CCD OBSERVATIONS
    1988, R.A.S. CANADA. JOURNAL V. 82, NO. 5/OCT, P.286, 1988
  • Cuzzi, J. N. & Estrada, P. R.
    Compositional Evolution of Saturn's Rings: Ice, Tholin, and ``Chiron"-dust
    1996, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #18.06

    D

  • Dahlgren, M., Fitzsimmons, A., Lagerkvist, C.I., & Williams, I.P.
    CCD PHOTOMETRY OF 2060 CHIRON
    1990, Nordic-Baltic Astronomy Meeting. Proceedings of a Meeting Held at the Astronomical Observatory of the Uppsala University, June 17-21, 1990, Celebrating the 250th. Anniversary of the Celsius Observatory. Editors, C.-I. Lagerkvist, D. Kiselman, M. Lindgren; Publisher, Uppsala Universiter, Uppsala, Sweden, 1990. LC # QB1 .N67 1990. ISBN # 9150608444. P. 83, 1990
  • Dahlgren, M., Lagerkvist, C.-I., Fitzsimmons, A., & Williams, I. P.
    Differential CCD photometry of Dubiago, Chiron and Hektor
    1991, Royal Astronomical Society, Monthly Notices, vol. 250, May 1, 1991, p. 115-118.
  • Danzl, N., Gleason, A. & Marsden, B. G.
    1995 SN55,
    1999, Minor Planet Electronic Circ., 1999-L25 (1999).
  • Davies, J.
    1993 FW
    1994, IAU Circ., 5997, 2 (1994). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Davies, J.
    CAN COMETS BECOME ASTEROIDS?
    1985, ASTRONOMY, vol. 13(1) 66-70. Article.
  • Davies, J. K., McBride, N., & Green, S. F.
    Optical and Infrared Photometry of Kuiper Belt Object 1993SC
    1997, Icarus, Volume 125, Issue 1, pp. 61-66.
  • Davies, J. K., McBride, N., Ellison, S. L., Green, S. F., & Ballantyne, D. R.
    Visible and Infrared Photometry of Six Centaurs
    1998, Icarus, Volume 134, Issue 2, pp. 213-227. Preprint available here.
  • Davies, J. K., McBride, N., Green, S. F., Mottola, S., Carsenty, U., Basran, D., Hudson, K. A., & Foster, M. J.
    The Lightcurve and Colors of Unusual Minor Planet 1996 PW
    1998, Icarus, Volume 132, Issue 2, pp. 418-430.
  • Davies, J. K., Sykes, M. V., Mueller, B. E. A., & Tholen, D. J.
    (5145) 1992 AD
    1992, IAU Circ., 5480, 1 (1992). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Davies, J., Spencer, J., Sykes, M., Tholen, D., & Green, S.
    (5145) Pholus
    1993, IAU Circ., 5698, 2 (1993). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Davies, J.K., Sykes, M.V., & Cruikshank, D.P.
    Near-infrared photometry and spectroscopy of the unusual minor planet 5145 Pholus (1992AD)
    1993, Icarus, vol. 102, no. 1, p. 166-169.
  • Davies, J.K., Tholen, D.J., & Ballantyne, D.R.
    Infrared Observations of Distant Asteroids
    1996, Completing the Inventory of the Solar System, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Proceedings, volume 107, T.W. Rettig and J.M. Hahn, Eds., pp. 97-105.
  • Davis, D. R. & Farinella, P.
    Collisional Evolution of Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects
    1997, Icarus, Volume 125, Issue 1, pp. 50-60.
  • Degewij, J. & Tedesco, E. F.
    Do comets evolve into asteroids - Evidence from physical studies
    1982, In: Comets. (A83-13376 03-90) Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1982, p. 665-695.
  • Degewij, J., Cruikshank, D. P., Hartmann, W. K., & Capps, R. W.
    Periodic Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1 and (2060) Chiron
    1981, IAU Circ., 3577, 1 (1981). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Dones, L.
    A recent cometary origin for Saturn's rings?
    1991, Icarus, vol. 92, Aug. 1991, p. 194-203.
  • Dones, L.
    Simulations of the Discovery of Centaurs and Kuiper Belt Objects
    1996, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #28, #07.02
  • Dones, L., Levison, H.F., & Duncan, M.
    On the Dynamical Lifetimes of Planet--Crossing Objects
    1996, Completing the Inventory of the Solar System, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference Proceedings, volume 107, T.W. Rettig and J.M. Hahn, Eds., pp. 233-244.
  • Dumas, C., Owen, T., & Barucci, M. A.
    Near-Infrared Spectroscopy of Low-Albedo Surfaces of the Solar System: Search for the Spectral Signature of Dark Material
    1998, Icarus, Volume 133, Issue 2, pp. 221-232.

    E

  • Eberhart, J.
    CHIRON'S BRIGHTENING HINTS IT'S A COMET
    1989, SCIENCE NEWS, vol. 135, 247. Article.
  • Eberhart, J.
    CHIRON - A COMET TO BE
    1981, SCIENCE NEWS V.120, P. 358, 1981
  • Ekholm, A. G., Dahlgren, M., Lagerkvist, C.-I., Lagerros, J., Lundström, M., Magnusson, P. & Warell, J.
    VRI Photometry of Kuiper Belt Objects and Centaurs
    1999, 30th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, March 15-29, 1999, Houston, TX, abstract no. 1714
  • Elliot, J. L., Dunham, E. W., & Olkin, C. B.
    Exploring small bodies in the outer solar system with stellar occultations
    1995, In Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Airborne Astronomy Symposium on the Galactic Ecosystem: From Gas to Stars to Dust, Volume 73 p 285-296 (SEE N96-13618 02-88)
  • Elliot, J. L., Dunham, E. W., Olkin, C. B., Ford, C., Stone, R. P. S., McDonald, S. W., Bandyopadhyay, R. M., Gilmore, D. K., Rank, D. M., Temi, P., Lazzaro, D., Hubbard, W. B., Reitsema, H., Barucci, A., Barroso, J., Bus, S. J., Lopes, D. F., Buie, M., Sicardy, B., Marcialis, R., Foryta, D. W., & Kurtz, D.
    Occultation by (2060) Chiron
    1994, IAU Circ., 5965, 1 (1994). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Elliot, J. L., Olkin, C. B., Dunham, E. W., Ford, C. H., Gilmore, D. K., Kurtz, D., Lazzaro, D., Rank, D. M., Temi, P., Bandyopadhyay, R. M., Barroso, J., Barrucci, A., Bosh, A. S., Buie, M. W., Bus, S. J., Dahn, C. C., Foryta, D. W., Hubbard, W. B., Lopes, D. F. & Marcialis, R. L.
    Jet-like features near the Nucleus of Chiron
    1995, Nature, vol. 373, p. 46
  • Elliot, J.L., Olkin, C.B., Dunham, E.W., Ford, C.H., Gilmore, D.K., Kurtz, D., Lazzaro, D., Rank, D.M., Temi, P., Bandyopadhyay, R.M., Barroso, J., Barucci, A., Bosh, A.S., Buie, M.W., Bus, S.J., Dahn, C.C., Foryta, D.W., Hubbard, W.B., Lopes, D.F., Marcialis, R.L., McDonald, S.W., Millis, R.L., Reitsema, H., Schleicher, D.G., Sicardy, B., Stone, R.P.S., & Wasserman, L.H.
    JET-LIKE FEATURES NEAR THE NUCLEUS OF CHIRON
    1995, NATURE V.373, NO. 6509/JAN5, P. 46, 1995
  • Elliot, James L.
    New Mysteries at Chiron
    1998, Technical Report, NASA/CR-1998-206757; NAS 1.26:206757
  • Everhart, E.
    Chaotic orbits in the solar system
    1979, In: Asteroids. (A80-24551 08-91) Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona Press, 1979, p. 283-288.

    F

  • Fanale, F. P. & Salvail, J. R.
    The Cometary Activity of Chiron: A Stratigraphic Model
    1997, Icarus, Volume 125, Issue 2, pp. 397-405.
  • Fernandez, J.A. & Gallardo, T.
    The transfer of comets from parabolic orbits to short-period orbits: Numerical studies
    1994, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 281, no. 3, p. 911-922
  • Fernandez, Y. R., Lisse, C. M., Wellnitz, D. D., A'Hearn, M. F., Kundu, A., Buie, M. W., Dunham, E. W., Millis, R. L., Nye, R. A., Stansberry, J. A., Wasserman, L. H., Golden, M. E., Persson, M., Howell, R. R., Marcialis, R. L., Spitale, J. N., Hoffmann, W. F., Dayal, A., Deutsch, L. K., Fazio, G. G. , Hora, J. L., Hanner, M. S., Ressler, M., Kostiuk, T., & Livengood, T. A.
    Multiwavelength Observations of the Nucleus and Coma of Comet Hale-Bopp
    1997, American Astronomical Society, DPS meeting #29, #37.05
  • Fink, U., Hoffmann, M., Grundy, W., Hicks, M., & Sears, W.
    The steep red spectrum of 1992 AD - An asteroid covered with organic material?
    1992, Icarus, vol. 97, no. 1, May 1992, p. 145-149.
  • Flamsteed, S.
    PLANETS BY THE CARLOAD
    1992, DISCOVER, vol. 13(2) 16. Article.
  • French, L. M., Vilas, F., Hartmann, W. K., & Tholen, D. J.
    Distant asteroids and Chiron
    1989, IN: Asteroids II; Proceedings of the Conference, Tucson, AZ, Mar. 8-11, 1988 (A90-27001 10-91). Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Press, 1989, p. 468-486.
  • Fulle, M.
    Spin axis orientation of 2060 Chiron from dust coma modeling
    1994, Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 282, no. 3, p. 980-988
  • Fulle, M., Gil, A.O., & Pasian, F.
    HST observation of the inner coma of 2060 Chiron
    1995, Planetary and Space Science v. 43, p. 1473-1477

    G

  • Gehrels, T.
    The asteroids - Fundamental studies
    1984, L'Astronomie , vol. 98, March 1984, p. 115-132. In French.
  • Gehrels, T., Vesely, C. D., Sather, R., Green, R., Kowal, C. T., & Marsden, B. G.
    Slow-Moving Object Kowal
    1977, IAU Circ., 3130, 1 (1977). Edited by Marsden, B. G.
  • Green, D. W. E
    1993 HA2
    1993, IAU Circ., 5790, 1 (1993). Edited by Green, D. W. E.
  • Green, S. F., McBride, N., O Ceallaigh, D. P., Fitzsimmons, A., Williams, I. P., & Irwin, M. J.
    Surface reflectance properties of distant Solar system bodies
    1997, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 290, Issue 1, pp. 186-192.

    H

  • Hahn, G. & Bailey, M. E.
    Rapid dynamical evolution of giant Comet Chiron
    1990, Nature, vol. 348, Nov. 8, 1990, p. 132-136.
  • Hahn, J. M. & Rettig, T. W.
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