Size-frequency distributions of fragments from SPH/N-body simulations of asteroid impacts: Comparison with observed asteroid families

Icarus

Volumn 186, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 498-516

  Durda, Daniel D ^a   Bottke Jr , William F ^a   Nesvorný, David ^a   Enke, Brian L ^a   Merline, William J ^a   Asphaug, Erik ^b   Richardson, Derek C ^c  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Collisional physics; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846299235     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2006.09.013     Document Type: Article

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