Properties of the trans-Neptunian Belt: Statistics from the Canada-France-Hawaii Telescope survey

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 457-473

  Trujillo, Chadwick A ^a,b   Jewitt, David C ^b   Luu, Jane X ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kuiper belt; Minor planets, asteroids; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000130978     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/321117     Document Type: Article

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