Full numerical simulations of catastrophic small body collisions

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 542-559

  Leinhardt, Zoë M ^a   Stewart, Sarah T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Impact processes; Kuiper belt

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649091977     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.09.013     Document Type: Article

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