Binary asteroids and the formation of doublet craters

Icarus

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 372-391

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

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0030525290     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0215     Document Type: Article

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