Tidal Distortion and Disruption of Earth-Crossing Asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 47-76

  Richardson, Derek C ^a   Bottke Jr , William F ^b   Love, Stanley G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Cornell University ^*  (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001925147     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5954     Document Type: Article

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