Stability of binary asteroids

Icarus

Volumn 159, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 271-283

  Scheeres, D J ^a  

^a University of Michigan   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Binaries; N body problem; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036799002     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6908     Document Type: Article

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