Published February 1986
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Journal article
Origin of small bodies of the solar system
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
Optional Information
- Notes
- Cover-to-cover translation of Astronomicheskij Zhurnal (USSR).