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Exploring the dwarf planets

Authors :
William B. McKinnon
Source :
Nature Physics. 11:608-611
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2015.

Abstract

This year, NASA's Dawn and New Horizons rendezvoused with Ceres and Pluto, respectively. These worlds, despite their modest sizes, have much to teach us about the accretion of the Solar System and its dynamical evolution.

Details

ISSN :
17452481 and 17452473
Volume :
11
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature Physics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........0174009db7b17697e6b9c54fe99bb382
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3394