Shaping the Kuiper belt size distribution by shattering large but strengthless bodies

Icarus

Volumn 173, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 342-348

  Pan, Margaret ^a   Sari, Re'em ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Impact processes; Kuiper belt objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 14044276916     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.09.004     Document Type: Article

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