Direct Large-Scale N-Body Simulations of Planetesimal Dynamics

Icarus

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 45-59

  Richardson, Derek C ^a   Quinn, Thomas ^a   Stadel, Joachim ^a   Lake, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

N body simulation; Planetary dynamics; Planetary formation; Planetesimals; Resonances

Indexed keywords

EID: 0002548992     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6243     Document Type: Article

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