Thermal Structure of Cometary Active Regions: Comet 1P/Halley

Icarus

Volumn 144, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 160-171

  Julian, William H ^a   Samarasinha, Nalin H ^b   Belton, Michael J S ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL OPTICAL ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0000281120     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1999.6274     Document Type: Article

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