The large crater on the small Asteroid (2867) Steins

Icarus

Volumn 210, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 707-712

  Burchell, M J ^a   Leliwa Kopystynski, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^c Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asteroids; Cratering; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049530928     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.07.026     Document Type: Article

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