Collisional evolution of Trans-Neptunian populations: Effects of fragmentation physics and estimates of the abundances of gravitational aggregates

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 201-215

  Benavidez, Paula G ^a   Campo Bagatin, Adriano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Collisional evolution; Fragmentation; Trans Neptunian objects

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATES; GRAVITATION;

COLLISIONAL EVOLUTION; COLLISIONAL SYSTEMS; CRITICAL PARAMETERS; FRAGMENTATION; KUIPER BELTS; MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTIONS; ORBITAL ELEMENTS; RELATIVE VELOCITIES; RESONANT REGIONS; SMALL BODIES; TRANS-NEPTUNIAN OBJECTS;

SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 59349108993     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.09.007     Document Type: Article

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