Formation of asteroid satellites and doublet craters by planetary tidal forces

Nature

Volumn 381, Issue 6577, 1996, Pages 51-53

  Bottke Jr , William F ^a   Melosh, H Jay ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BINARY ASTEROID; CRATER; DOUBLET CRATER; IMPACT; IMPACT STRUCTURE; INTERPLANETARY TIDAL FORCE; TIDE;

EARTH; VENUS;

EID: 0029770482     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/381051a0     Document Type: Article

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