Growth and evolution of asteroids

Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Volumn 37, Issue , 2009, Pages 413-448

  Asphaug, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; NEOs; Planet formation; Planetesimals; Small bodies

Indexed keywords

ACCRETION; NEOS; PLANET FORMATION; PLANETESIMALS; SMALL BODIES;

ASTEROIDS; CHARCOAL; PLANETS;

EARTH (PLANET);

ACCRETION; ASTEROID; ASTRONOMY; PLANETARY EVOLUTION;

CANIS FAMILIARIS; CERES;

EID: 67651018254     PISSN: 00846597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.earth.36.031207.124214     Document Type: Review

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