Observations of Sodium in the Lunar Atmosphere during International Lunar Atmosphere Week, 1995

Icarus

Volumn 131, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 372-381

  Sprague, A L ^a   Hunten, D M ^a   Kozlowski, R W H ^b   Grosse, F A ^b   Hill, R E ^a   Morris, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b SUSQUEHANNA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0000223086     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1997.5848     Document Type: Article

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