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Formation of asteroid pairs by rotational fission

2010208 citationsJournal Articlegreen Open Access

Authors

Petr Pravec · Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

David Vokrouhlický · Institute of Astronomy

David Polishook · Tel Aviv University

Daniel J. Scheeres · University of Colorado Boulder

Alan W. Harris · Space Science Institute

A. Galád · Comenius University Bratislava

Topics & Keywords

Astro and Planetary Science Planetary Science and Exploration High-pressure geophysics and materials

Publication Details

Published in: Nature

Volume 466, Issue 7310, pp. 1085-1088

DOI: 10.1038/nature09315

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 9.32

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F. Pozo · Universidad Católica del Norte

A. Barr · Universidad Católica del Norte

P. Longã · Universidad Católica del Norte

F. Vachier · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

F. Colas · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Donald P. Pray · The Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory

J. T. Pollock · Appalachian State University

D. Reichart · University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

K. Ivarsen · Astronomy and Space

J. Haislip · Astronomy and Space

A. Lacluyzé · Astronomy and Space

P. Kušnirák · Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

Tomáš Henych · Czech Academy of Sciences, Astronomical Institute

Franck Marchis · University of California, Berkeley

B. Macomber · Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence

Seth A. Jacobson · University of Colorado Boulder

Yu. N. Krugly · Institute of Astronomy

А. В. Сергеев · V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University

A. Leroy · Observatoire Midi-Pyrénées