Deflection and fragmentation of near-Earth asteroids

Nature

Volumn 360, Issue 6403, 1992, Pages 429-433

  Ahrens, Thomas J ^a   Harris, Alan W ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASTEROIDEA; HESPERIS;

EID: 0040017575     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/360429a0     Document Type: Review

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