Itokawa's cratering record as observed by Hayabusa: Implications for its age and collisional history

Icarus

Volumn 200, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 503-513

  Michel, P ^a   O'Brien, D P ^b   Abe, S ^c   Hirata, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE NICE SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS   (France)

^b PLANETARY SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteroid Itokawa; Asteroids; Cratering; Geological processes; Near Earth objects; surfaces

Indexed keywords

EID: 61849163953     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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