Introducing the Gaussian shape hypothesis for asteroids and comets

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Volumn 332, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1087-1098

  Muinonen, K ^a,b  

^a Observatory   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Methods: analytical; Methods: statistical; Minor planets, asteroids; Solar system: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001081364     PISSN: 00046361     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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