Coupled thermal-orbital evolution of the early Moon

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-10

  Meyer, Jennifer ^a   Elkins Tanton, Linda ^a   Wisdom, Jack ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Earth; Moon; Satellites, dynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953539609     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.01.029     Document Type: Article

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