Chaotic dynamics of planet-encountering bodies

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 181-200

  Tancredi, G ^a  

^a Inst Fisica   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Chaos; Comets; Dynamics; Lyapunov exponents; NEAs

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000609318     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008331422678     Document Type: Article

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