A new dynamical class of object in the outer solar system

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6633, 1997, Pages 573-575

  Luu, Jane ^a   Marsden, Brian G ^a   Jewitt, David ^b   Trujillo, Chadwick A ^b   Hergenrother, Carl W ^c   Chen, Jun ^b   Offutt, Warren B ^d  

^a HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d W and B Observatory   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE;

EID: 0030989225     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/42413     Document Type: Article

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