The scattered disk population and the Oort cloud

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 43-48

  Fernández, Julio A ^a   Gallardo, Tabaré ^a   Brunini, Adrián ^b  

^a Facultad de Ciencias   (Uruguay)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE LA PLATA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 3242766729     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031923.69935.6a     Document Type: Article

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