Numerical modeling of 26Al-induced radioactive melting of asteroids considering accretion

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 183-191

  Merk, Rainer ^a   Breuer, Doris ^a   Spohn, Tilman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Accretion; Asteroids; Comets; Kuiper belt objects; Planetesimals

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036752883     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6872     Document Type: Article

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