Angular momentum of binary asteroids: Implications for their possible origin

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-84

  Descamps, P ^a   Marchis, F ^a,b  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Satellites of asteroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 36849034540     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.07.024     Document Type: Article

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