Collisional evolution of Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt objects

Icarus

Volumn 125, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 50-60

  Davis, D R ^a   Farinella, P ^b  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

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EID: 0030641972     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5595     Document Type: Article

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