Secondary craters of Tycho: Size-frequency distributions and estimated fragment size-velocity relationships

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Hirata, Naru ^a   Nakamura, Akiko M ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRATER; LUNAR CRUST; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 33646390955     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JE002484     Document Type: Article

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