KBO binaries: How numerous were they?

Icarus

Volumn 168, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 409-419

  Petit, J M ^a   Mousis, O ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Binaries; Kuiper belt; Trans neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842854591     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2003.12.013     Document Type: Article

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