Asteroid families: Current situation

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 173-182

  Cellino, A ^a   Dell'Oro, A ^a   Tedesco, E F ^b  

^a OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Asteroid collisional evolution; Asteroid families; Catastrophic impacts

Indexed keywords

RADIATION EFFECTS; ROTATION; SOLAR SYSTEM;

ASTEROID COLLISIONAL EVOLUTION; ASTEROID FAMILIES; CATASTROPHIC IMPACTS; CURRENT SITUATIONS; EVOLUTIONARY PROCESS; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPEN PROBLEMS; PHYSICAL PROCESS; REFINED MODELS; ROTATION STATE; SEMI-MAJOR AXIS; STATE-OF-THE ARTS;

ASTEROIDS;

EID: 59349121359     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.07.028     Document Type: Article

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