Rocks that go bump in the night

Derek C. Richardson ()
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Derek C. Richardson: University of Maryland at College Park

Nature, 2002, vol. 417, issue 6890, 697-698

Abstract: The planets were probably created by collisions between smaller rocky bodies over many millions of years. The identification of a recently formed asteroid family will tell us much about the dynamics of these collisions.

Date: 2002
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DOI: 10.1038/417697a

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