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16 - Planetesimals in Debris Disks

from Part Three - Asteroids as Records of Formation and Differentiation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2017

Linda T. Elkins-Tanton
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Arizona State University
Benjamin P. Weiss
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Planetesimals
Early Differentiation and Consequences for Planets
, pp. 340 - 362
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2017

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