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2 - Signatures of Hit-and-run Collisions

from Part One - Dynamical Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2017

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Erik Asphaug
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Linda T. Elkins-Tanton  and
Benjamin P. Weiss
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
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