Are main-belt asteroids a sufficient source for the Earth-approaching asteroids? I. Predicted vs observed orbital distributions

Icarus

Volumn 127, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 33-54

  Rabinowitz, David L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0031139030     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.5668     Document Type: Article

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