Are meteoroids really dustballs?

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 911-920

  Fisher, A A ^a,b   Hawkes, R L ^a   Murray, I S ^a,c   Campbell, M D ^a,d   LeBlanc, A G ^a,e  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0000040598     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0032-0633(00)00056-8     Document Type: Article

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