Origin and evolution of the unusual object 1996 PW: Asteroids from the Oort cloud?

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 488, Issue 2 PART II, 1997, Pages

  Weissman, Paul R ^a   Levison, Harold F ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Celestial mechanics, stellar dynamics; Comets: general; Minor planets, asteroids; Solar system: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346329360     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/310940     Document Type: Article

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