The Kuiper belt luminosity function from mR = 21 to 26

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 827-843

  Fraser, Wesley C ^a,b   Kavelaars, J J ^a,b   Holman, M J ^c   Pritchet, C J ^a   Gladman, B J ^d   Grav, T ^c   Jones, R L ^b   MacWilliams, J ^b   Petit, J M ^c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^c HARVARD SMITHSONIAN CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e OBSERVATOIRE DE BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Collisional physics; Kuiper belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249085418     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.01.014     Document Type: Article

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