The impact of comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 on the Jovian ionosphere and aurorae

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1237-1250

  Miller, Steven ^a   Achilleos, Nicholas ^a   Lam, Hoanh An ^a   Dinelli, Bianca Maria ^b   Prangé, Renée ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

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EID: 0000655888     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(97)00060-3     Document Type: Article

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