High-Resolution Radar Imaging of Mercury's North Pole

Icarus

Volumn 149, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Harmon, J K ^a   Perillat, P J ^a   Slade, M A ^b  

^a ARECIBO OBSERVATORY   (Puerto Rico)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ices; Mercury; Radar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000291248     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.2000.6544     Document Type: Article

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