A new asteroids-associated meteor shower and notes on comet-asteroid connection

Icarus

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 385-389

  Meng, H ^a   Zhu, J ^b,c   Gong, X ^d   Li, Y ^e   Yang, B ^c   Gao, J ^d   Guan, M ^f   Fan, Y ^g,h   Xia, D ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Beijing Planetarium ^*  (China)

^c CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY   (China)

^f NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

^g TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Comets; Meteors

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942533925     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.01.014     Document Type: Article

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