The topographic limits of gravitationally bound, rotating sand piles

Icarus

Volumn 195, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 698-704

  Minton, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Satellites; shapes; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249118133     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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