Fugitives from the Vesta family

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 85-95

  Nesvorný, David ^a,b   Roig, Fernando ^b   Gladman, Brett ^c   Lazzaro, Daniela ^b   Carruba, Valerio ^d   Mothé Diniz, Thais ^b  

^a SOUTHWEST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OBSERVATÓRIO NACIONAL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Asteroid Vesta; Asteroids; dynamics; Mineralogy

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749050857     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.08.034     Document Type: Article

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