A possible long-lived belt of objects between Uranus and Neptune

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6635, 1997, Pages 785-788

  Holman, Matthew J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM MATERIAL;

NEPTUNE; URANUS;

EID: 0030617688     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42890     Document Type: Article

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