Asteroid close encounters with Earth: Risk assessment

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 945-954

  Milani, Andrea ^a   Chesley, Steven R ^a,c   Valsecchi, Giovanni B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000172899     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00061-1     Document Type: Article

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