Asteroid satellites formed by tidal disruption

European Space Agency, (Special Publication) ESA SP

Volumn , Issue 500, 2002, Pages 737-739

  Richardson, Derek C ^a   Scheeres, Daniel J ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; EARTH (PLANET); GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; ORBITS; SATELLITES;

ASTEROIDS;

ASTRONOMY;

EID: 0036664914     PISSN: 03796566     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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