Extreme Kuiper belt object 2001 QG 298 and the fraction of contact binaries

Astronomical Journal

Volumn 127, Issue 5 1781, 2004, Pages 3023-3033

  Sheppard, Scott S ^a   Jewitt, David C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b W M KECK OBSERVATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Kuiper belt; Minor planets, asteroids; Solar system: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 2942638126     PISSN: 00046256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/383558     Document Type: Article

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