Color diversity among Kuiper belt objects: The collisional resurfacing model revisited

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-62

  Gil Hutton, R ^a  

^a Observ Astron Félix Aguilar   (Argentina)

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EID: 84867955038     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(01)00073-3     Document Type: Article

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