A Scaling Relationship for Satellite-Forming Impacts

Icarus

Volumn 150, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 288-296

  Canup, Robin M ^a   Ward, William R ^a   Cameron, A G W ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Impact processes; Moon; Planetary formation; Satellites

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000666523     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6581     Document Type: Article

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