Possible long-lived asteroid belts in the inner solar system

Nature

Volumn 399, Issue 6731, 1999, Pages 41-43

  Evans, N Wyn ^a   Tabachnik, Serge ^a  

^a Department of Physics ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID BELT; NUMERICAL MODEL; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENERGY; GEOLOGY; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033529053     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/19919     Document Type: Article

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