Published February 1986 | Version v1
Journal article

Origin of small bodies of the solar system

  • 1. Moskovskii Gosudarstvennyi Universitet, Moscow, USSR

Description

The origin of the smaller solar-system objects is investigated theoretically, extending and refining the hypothesis put forward by Vorontsov-Vel'iaminov (1982). It is proposed that virtually all asteroids and cometary nuclei, as well as many planetary satellites, are fragments from the explosion of a major planet called Asteron

Additional details

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.)
Journal Volume
30
Series
Sov. Astron. (Engl. Transl.).
Journal Page Range
110-112
ISSN
0038-5301
CODEN
SAAJA

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
18063252
Subject category
S79: ASTROPHYSICS, COSMOLOGY AND ASTRONOMY;
Descriptors DEI
ASTEROIDS; COMETS; ORIGIN; SATELLITES; SOLAR SYSTEM; SOLAR SYSTEM EVOLUTION

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Notes
Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).