Simulation and analysis of the dynamics of binary near-Earth Asteroid (66391) 1999 KW4

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 410-435

  Fahnestock, Eugene G ^a   Scheeres, Daniel J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Celestial mechanics; dynamics; Resonances; Satellites of asteroids; spin orbit

Indexed keywords

EID: 40849083801     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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