Trans-Neptunian objects

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 341-361

  Williams, I P ^a   Collander Brown, S J ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Kuiper Edgeworth Belt; Resonance; Solar system; Trans Neptunian Object

Indexed keywords

COMET; KUIPER-EDGEWORTH BELT; RESONANCE; TRANS NEPTUNIAN OBJECT;

EID: 0031468674     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006551530156     Document Type: Article

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