Triaxiality of satellites and small bodies in the Solar System

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 95-126

  Burša, Milan ^a   Vanýsek, Vladimir ^b  

^a ASTRONOMICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Figure; Satellites; Triaxiality

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; SATELLITE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030326272     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00054507     Document Type: Article

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