Ejecta exchange and satellite color evolution in the Pluto system, with implications for KBOs and asteroids with satellites

Icarus

Volumn 199, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 571-573

  Stern, S Alan ^a  

^a LUNAR AND PLANETARY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Charon; Kuiper Belt; Pluto; satellites

Indexed keywords

EID: 58649093963     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.10.006     Document Type: Article

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