On the Statistical Distribution of Massive Impactors

Icarus

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 1993, Pages 335-341

  Tremaine, Scott ^a   Dones, Luke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0001285052     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1993.1175     Document Type: Article

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