Bias-corrected population, size distribution, and impact hazard for the near-Earth objects

Icarus

Volumn 170, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 295-311

  Stuart, Joseph Scott ^a   Binzel, Richard P ^b  

^a MIT LINCOLN LABORATORY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Cratering; Moon

Indexed keywords

EID: 3342944299     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.03.018     Document Type: Article

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