The ratio of retrograde to prograde orbits: A test for Kuiper Belt binary formation theories

Astrophysical Journal

Volumn 686, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 741-747

  Schlichting, Hilke E ^a   Sari, Re'em ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Kuiper Belt; Planets and satellites: formation

Indexed keywords

EID: 53849145701     PISSN: 0004637X     EISSN: 15384357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/591073     Document Type: Article

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