A collisional family of icy objects in the Kuiper belt

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7133, 2007, Pages 294-296

  Brown, Michael E ^a   Barkume, Kristina M ^a   Ragozzine, Darin ^a   Schaller, Emily L ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ICE;

ASTEROID; COLLISION; EROSION; NEPTUNE; PLANETARY SATELLITE; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ENVIRONMENTAL EROSION; FRICTION; PARTICULATE MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 33947198794     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05619     Document Type: Article

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