The shape distribution of boulders on Asteroid 25143 Itokawa: Comparison with fragments from impact experiments

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 277-284

  Michikami, Tatsuhiro ^a,b   Nakamura, Akiko M ^c   Hirata, Naru ^d  

^a FUKUSHIMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AIZU   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asteroid Eros; Asteroid Itokawa; Asteroids; Asteroids, Surfaces; Regoliths

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950027003     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.10.008     Document Type: Article

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