Mass dependence of energy loss in collisions of icy spheres: An experimental study

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 101, Issue E4, 1996, Pages 9267-9270

  Dilley, Jam̀es ^a   Crawford, Darren ^a,b  

^a OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FERMI NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLISION; ENERGY LOSS; ICY SPHERE; MASS DEPENDENCE; PLANETARY RING SYSTEM;

EID: 0029750503     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96JE00116     Document Type: Article

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