Ejecta exchange and satellite color evolution in the Pluto system, with implications for KBOs and asteroids with satellites

Icarus - Tập 199 - Trang 571-573 - 2009
S. Alan Stern1
1Lunar and Planetary Institute, 3600 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, TX 77058, USA

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