Ceres, Vesta, and Pallas: Protoplanets, not asteroids

Eos

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 105-109

  McCord, Thomas B ^a   McFadden, Lucy A ^b   Russell, Christopher T ^c   Sotin, Christophe ^d   Thomas, Peter C ^e  

^a Bear Fight Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANET; SOLAR SYSTEM;

CERES;

EID: 34447500120     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006eo100002     Document Type: Article

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