Asteroid thermal modeling in the presence of reflected sunlight

@article{Myhrvold2018AsteroidTM,
  title={Asteroid thermal modeling in the presence of reflected sunlight},
  author={Nathan P Myhrvold},
  journal={Icarus},
  year={2018},
  volume={303},
  pages={91-113}
}
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