An overview on the Kuiper belt and on the origin of Jupiter-family comets

Celestial Mechanics and Dynamical Astronomy

Volumn 72, Issue 1-2, 1998, Pages 129-156

  Morbidelli, Alessandro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

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EID: 0013221637     PISSN: 09232958     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1008322915678     Document Type: Review

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