The luminosity function of the hot and cold Kuiper belt populations

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 944-955

  Fraser, Wesley C ^a   Brown, Michael E ^a   Schwamb, Megan E ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accretion; Centaurs; Kuiper belt; Trojan asteroids

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049496417     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.08.001     Document Type: Article

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