Size-frequency statistics of boulders on global surface of asteroid 25143 Itokawa

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-20

  Michikami, Tatsuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Akiko M ^b   Hirata, Naru ^c   Gaskel, Robert W ^d   Nakamura, Ryosuke ^e   Honda, Takayuki ^b   Honda, Chikatoshi ^f   Hiraoka, Kensuke ^b   Saito, Jun ^g   Demura, Hirohide ^c   Ishiguro, Masateru ^h   Miyamoto, Hideaki ⁱ  

^a FUKUSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

^d PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^f JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^g PASCO CORPORATION   (Japan)

^h Seoul National University   (South Korea)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteroid; Boulder; Itokawa; Size distribution

Indexed keywords

ASTEROID; BOULDER; CRATER; GRAVITY FIELD; MAPPING; NUMERICAL MODEL; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

EID: 40949147755     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352757     Document Type: Article

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