The shape distribution of Kuiper Belt objects

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 221-232

  Luu, Jane ^a   Lacerda, Pedro ^b  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 3242803519     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031942.35907.c6     Document Type: Article

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