Collisional erosion in the primordial Edgeworth-Kuiper Belt and the generation of the 30-50 AU Kuiper gap

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 490, Issue 2 PART I, 1997, Pages 879-882

  Stern, S Alan ^a   Colwell, Joshua E ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets: general; Solar system: formation; Solar system: general

Indexed keywords

EID: 3543022346     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/304912     Document Type: Article

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