On the inclination distribution of the Jovian irregular satellites

Icarus

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 434-449

  Carruba, Valerio ^a   Burns, Joseph A ^a   Nicholson, Philip D ^a   Gladman, Brett J ^b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CÔTE D'AZUR   (France)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics; Orbits; Origins; Satellites of Jupiter

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036695954     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6896     Document Type: Article

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