A Laboratory Impact Study of Simulated Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt Objects

Icarus

Volumn 142, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 56-62

  Ryan, Eileen V ^a   Davis, Donald R ^a   Giblin, Ian ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Impact processes; Kuiper belt objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000789930     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6209     Document Type: Article

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