On the origin of binary transneptunian objects

Icarus

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 212-215

  Weidenschilling, S J ^a  

^a PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Binaries; Kuiper belt; Planetesimal; Transneptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036855671     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2002.6952     Document Type: Article

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