Can tidal disruption of asteroids make crater chains on the Earth and Moon?

Icarus

Volumn 126, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 470-474

  Bottke Jr , William F ^a   Richardson, Derek C ^b   Love, Stanley G ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

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EID: 0031123410     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5685     Document Type: Article

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