Dynamics of escaping Earth ejecta and their collision probabilities with different Solar System bodies

Icarus

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 777-786

  Reyes Ruiz, M ^a   Chavez, C E ^a   Aceves, H ^a   Hernandez, M S ^b   Vazquez, R ^a   Nunez P G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

^c Instituto de Estudios Avanzados de Baja California   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Celestial mechanics; Impact processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865065833     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.06.017     Document Type: Article

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