The internal structures and densities of asteroids

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 479-483

  Wilson, Lionel ^a,b,d   Keil, Klaus ^b,d   Love, Stanley J ^c  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^c NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; DENSITY; IMPACT; MINERAL ALTERATION;

EID: 0033134273     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01355.x     Document Type: Article

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