The Dust Environment of Comet 46P/Wirtanen at Perihelion: A Period of Decreasing Activity?

Icarus

Volumn 145, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 239-251

  Fulle, Marco ^a  

^a INAF OSSERVATORIO ASTRONOMICO DI TRIESTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

46P Wirtanen; Comets; General; Rosetta mission

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000157149     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6321     Document Type: Article

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