The impact origin of Eunomia and Themis families

Meteoritics and Planetary Science

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1929-1935

  Leliwa Kopystynski J ^a,b   Burchell, M J ^c   Wlodarczyk I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^d Chorzow Astronomical Observatory   (Poland)

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EID: 77950333823     PISSN: 10869379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1945-5100.2009.tb02002.x     Document Type: Article

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