The Properties of Fragments from Catastrophic Disruption Events

Icarus

Volumn 134, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-112

  Giblin, I ^a   Martelli, G ^b   Farinella, P ^c   Paolicchi, P ^c   Di Martino, M ^c   Smith, P N ^b  

^a Pennoyer Capital Management Inc   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE

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EID: 0002459922     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1998.5937     Document Type: Article

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