Planet X and the extended scattered disk

Earth, Moon and Planets

Volumn 92, Issue 1-4, 2003, Pages 447-452

  Melita, M D ^a   Williams, I P ^a  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KUIPER BELT; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 3242809602     PISSN: 01679295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:MOON.0000031958.97062.7d     Document Type: Article

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