Persistent hazardous environments around stars older than the Sun

International Journal of Astrobiology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 187-190

  Greaves, J S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Debris discs; Impacts; Nearby stars; Submillimetre imaging

Indexed keywords

COLLISION ZONE; COMET; IMPACT; PARTICLE MOTION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 33845538681     PISSN: 14735504     EISSN: 14753006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1473550406003119     Document Type: Conference Paper

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