Impact origin of the Vesta family

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 965-980

  Asphaug, Erik ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHONDRITE; ASTEROID 4 VESTA; IMPACT;

EID: 0031422288     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1997.tb01584.x     Document Type: Article

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