Are there many inactive Jupiter-family comets among the near-earth asteroid population?

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 358-368

  Fernández, Julio A ^a   Gallardo, Tabaré ^a   Brunini, Adrián ^b  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Comets; Dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036798803     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6903     Document Type: Article

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