Size Distribution of Collisionally Evolved Asteroidal Populations: Analytical Solution for Self-Similar Collision Cascades

Icarus

Volumn 107, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 117-128

  Williams, D R ^a   Wetherill, G W ^a  

^a GEOPHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000405648     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1994.1010     Document Type: Article

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