Diversity of comets: Formation zones and dynamical paths

Space Science Reviews

Volumn 90, Issue 1-2, 1999, Pages 301-311

  Weissman, Paul R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamical evolution; Formation zones; Kuiper belt; Oort cloud; Physical processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001152049     PISSN: 00386308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-4211-3_27     Document Type: Article

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