Long term impact risk for (101955) 1999 RQ36

Icarus

Volumn 203, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 460-471

  Milani, Andrea ^a   Chesley, Steven R ^b   Sansaturio, Maria Eugenia ^c   Bernardi, Fabrizio ^a,d   Valsecchi, Giovanni B ^d   Arratia, Oscar ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE VALLADOLID   (Spain)

^d INAF IASF ROMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Dynamics; Impact processes; Orbit determination

Indexed keywords

EID: 69949109479     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.05.029     Document Type: Article

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