Momentum and angular momentum transfer in oblique impacts: Implications for asteroid rotations

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 192-206

  Yanagisawa, Masahisa ^a   Hasegawa, Sunao ^a   Shirogane, Nobutoshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

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EID: 0030243518     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0149     Document Type: Article

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